There's a lot of preliminary interaction with applicants in order to ensure that EMA staff are not wasting their time evaluating dead on arrival MAAs. You can see the fruits of these pre-app efforts in the very high approval rate granted to those companies that have survived the initial, qualifying administrative gauntlet.
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