Frequently asked questions | European Medicines Agency (EMA)

A general ‘Site-wide search’ bar is featured at the top right of every page on the EMA website. It allows you to perform a full text search across web pages and documents on the EMA website.

A medicines ‘Quick search’ bar is featured on the homepage under ‘Search for medicines’. If you are looking for information on a specific medicine assessed by EMA, you can use this feature to search our full database of human medicines, veterinary medicines, and herbal medicines.  

The main medicines search provides more options. It may be useful if you are looking for medicines for a particular disease area or therapeutic indication or if you are looking for specific types of medicines such as generics, biosimilars or orphan medicines.

Only medicines evaluated by EMA are available on the website. Information on medicines authorised in individual Member States through national procedures can only be obtained through the national medicines regulatory authorities. You may not be able to obtain a complete list of available treatment options for a specific condition by searching on EMA’s website.

The search is currently only available in English. For more help with using the search functionalities, check our Search tips.