# Marketing Authorisation Application

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{{Short description|Application to market a new drug}}
'''Marketing Authorisation Application''' ('''MAA''') is an application submitted by a drug manufacturer seeking [marketing authorisation](/source/marketing_authorisation), that is permission to bring a [medicinal product](/source/medicinal_product) (for example, a new medicine or generic medicine) to the market.

MAA is part of the official procedure before the [Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency](/source/Medicines_and_Healthcare_products_Regulatory_Agency) in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Howweregulate/Medicines/Licensingofmedicines/Marketingauthorisations/index.htm|title=Apply for a licence to market a medicine in the UK - GOV.UK|website=www.mhra.gov.uk}}</ref> and the [Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use](/source/Committee_for_Medicinal_Products_for_Human_Use) of the [European Medicines Agency](/source/European_Medicines_Agency), a specialised agency of the [European Commission](/source/European_Commission). A centralised marketing authorisation, issued by the European Commission, allows the holder to market a medicinal product throughout the [European Economic Area (EEA)](/source/European_Economic_Area), which comprises the EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory/marketing-authorisation|title=Marketing Authorisation - European Medicines Agency}}</ref> In the [United States](/source/United_States), the equivalent process is called [New Drug Application](/source/New_Drug_Application).

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