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Explanatory word list

RA

Rapid Alert: urgent request for information about the risks of a medicine

Rapporteur

A CHMP member that assesses (or commissions an assessment of) a medicinal product in the centralised procedure

RIVM

Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu/ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

RMP

Risk Management Plan: marketing authorisation holders evaluate the possible future risks of a medicine and produce a Risk Management plan to control these risks

RMS

Reference Member State: the EU Member State responsible for the technical assessment of a product in the mutual recognition procedure

RVG-number

Unique marketing authorisation number of a medicinal product (refers to the former  'Register Verpakte Geneesmiddelen/ Register of Packaged Medicinal Medicines')

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