Medical Products Agency (Sweden)

Its task is also to ensure that both patients and healthcare professionals have access to safe and effective medicinal products and that these are used in a rational and cost-effective manner.

The Medical Products Agency is a government body under the aegis of the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.

In 2016, the Swedish National Audit Office published an audit report examining how the state (the government, the Medical Products Agency, the National Board of Health and Welfare and the Swedish Agency for Medical and Social Evaluation) handles the pharmaceutical industry's influence over state drug control and knowledge management.

[1] In its review, the National Audit Office sharply criticizes the Medical Products Agency for shortcomings on several points.

However, the Medical Products Agency has pointed out that several of the conclusions were based on claims that lack objective support.