The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé will notify the applicant of his decision within four months of the date on which the application is deemed to be complete.
If the Director General considers that additional information is required to enable him to reach a decision on the application, he may suspend consideration of the application until the missing information has been received, subject to a maximum period of four months. In this case, it must notify the applicant of the reasons for the interruption and specify the deadline by which the information must be sent. This request for additional information suspends the period mentioned in the first paragraph.
If no decision has been taken by the end of this period, the application will be rejected.
The authorisations specify the address of the establishment or organisation and, where applicable, that of the site, the type of activities authorised, the category of tissues and their derivatives, cells or cell therapy preparations, mention the agreements entered into between an establishment and third parties for the performance of these activities, the preparation and preservation processes used and the recognised therapeutic indications. They also mention, where applicable, the specific authorisation provided for in I of Article R. 1243-3-1.
The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé sends the authorisations granted to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine and to the Director General of the regional health agency within whose jurisdiction the authorised establishment or site is located.
The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé keeps an up-to-date list of authorised establishments or organisations, indicating the activities for which each establishment or organisation has been authorised and the tissues, their derivatives, cells or cell therapy preparations to which these activities relate. This list is accessible to the public.