{{Infobox organization | name = ANSM | formation = {{start date and age|2012|05|01}} | full_name = National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products | native_name = Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé | native_name_lang = fr | logo = ANSM logo.svg | image = Vorderfront Afsaaps.JPG | caption = Building of the ANSM. | mapframe = no | former_name = {{blist| | Medicines Agency | French Health Products Safety Agency }} | headquarters = 143 Boulevard Anatole France, 93200 Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis | location = Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France | leader_title = Director | leader_name = Catherine Paugam-Burtz | parent_organization = Ministry of Health and Access to Care (France) | budget = €142.6 million | website = https://ansm.sante.fr/ }}
'''Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé''' ('''ANSM''') is a drug regulator in France. ANSM is responsible for assessing the benefits and risks associated with the use of drugs and other medical products throughout their life-cycle: it assesses the safety, efficacy and quality of these products and must balance patient safety with access to novel therapies.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
==Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (AFSSAPS)== thumb|right|Logo of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé ANSM superseded the tasks and duties of Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé (French Agency for the Safety of Health Products) on 1 May 2012.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Martine Lochouarn |title=France launches new drug regulatory agency |journal=Lancet |publisher=The Lancet |date=2012-06-09 |volume=379 |issue=9832 |page=2136 |doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(12)60927-1 |pmid=22690393 |s2cid=32011295 |doi-access=free }}</ref> AFSSAPS (or AFSSaPS) was a French government agency whose main mission was to assess health risks posed by health products intended for human consumption, particularly pharmaceutical drugs. It was responsible for issuing permits for marketing approval, and became the single French authority in the regulation of biomedical research.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}} AFSSAPS was last headed by Dominique Maraninchi and had about 1,000 employees plus 2,000 associated experts. Its budget amounted to approximately 157 million euros, with the bulk of revenue came from taxes and charges levied on the activity of the pharmaceutical industry.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}
== History == The Medicines Agency was created by law no. 93-5 of January 4, 1993 and decree no. 93-265 of March 8, 1993, notably following the contaminated blood affair. It became operational in April 1993, then the structure and organization of the agency were approved by the French government on September 2, 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=6C2785083FF697BE9A6F37131F7A1F44.tpdjo17v_1?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000179546&categorieLien=id |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=www.legifrance.gouv.fr |title=Décret n°93-295 du 8 mars 1993 relatif à l'Agence du médicament créée par l'article L. 567-1 du code de la santé publique }}</ref>
== Health data, publications == A list of 77 monitored drugs was published in 2011.<ref>77 médicaments surveillés : liste publiée, Le Figaro, 31 janvier 2011 [http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/01/31/97001-20110131FILWWW00481-les-77-medicaments-sous-surveillance.php lefigaro.fr]</ref>
In mid-December 2014, Health Insurance posted on www.data.gouv.fr 112 sets of open data, certified health data relating to the supply and consumption of healthcare in France, in order to improve transparency. drug prescription, traceability of active ingredients and their date of marketing.<ref>[https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/organizations/caisse-nationale-de-l-assurance-maladie-des-travailleurs-salaries/ Page des données Open data apportées par la Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie des travailleurs salariés] sur le portail [https://www.data.gouv.fr Data.gouv.fr]</ref>
In September 2018, the ANSM prevented the transmission of information on Levothyrox to an association of victims, on the grounds of business secrecy.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Levothyrox : quand l'Agence du médicament se cache derrière le secret des affaires|periodical=Le Monde.fr|date=2018-09-28|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/sante/article/2018/09/28/levothyrox-quand-l-agence-du-medicament-se-cache-derriere-le-secret-des-affaires_5361515_1651302.html|access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref>
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