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English translation: Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products

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Spanish term or phrase:	Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (AEMPS)
English translation:	Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products
Entered by:	Gemma Sanza Porcar

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10:33 Oct 21, 2009

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Spanish term or phrase: Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitorios (AEMPS)

Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitorios (AEMPS).
I have been translating this as "Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products" but note via Google serach that "Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices" is also widely used. I'd be interested to know which is the correct translation and whether the is any difference depending on whether the target audience is US or UK. Cheers, John.

Douglas Davies KudoZ activity Questions: 51 (1 open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 0
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Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products

Explanation:
See English version of Spain Health Department:

http://www.msps.es/en/home.htm

(on the right)

Greetings,

Gemma

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Gemma Sanza Porcar
Spain
Local time: 02:21

Grading comment

Thanks for your confirmation and apologies for not replying sooner. Cheers, JOhn.
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4 +1

Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products

neilmac

Spanish Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency

Joseph Tein

Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products

Gemma Sanza Porcar

Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices

Emma Goldsmith

Medicine and Healthcare Products Spanish Agency

daphne consigliere, R.N.

Discussion entries: 1

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products

Explanation:
"Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products" is as "correct" as it gets.

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-10-21 10:38:29 GMT)
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Note: "products" is a wider term than "devices" which is more specific

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Note added at 6 mins (2009-10-21 10:39:57 GMT)
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There is no reason that this cannot be translated as "Spanish Medicinal and Health Products Agency" or similar. There is no real "official" translation for this type of thing.

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-10-21 10:40:55 GMT)
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NB: It should be "Productos SanitArios"

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-10-21 10:42:29 GMT)
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The same question came up previously on proz:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/medical:_pharma...

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Note added at 10 mins (2009-10-21 10:43:50 GMT)
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Notice that there is no mention of "devices" in the solutions put forward on that occasion. You choose :-)

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 02:21
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 95

Notes to answerer

Asker: Apologies - I intended to select this as my preferred answer. I will try to sort it out.

10 mins confidence:

Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products

Explanation:
See English version of Spain Health Department:

http://www.msps.es/en/home.htm

(on the right)

Greetings,

Gemma

Gemma Sanza Porcar
Spain
Local time: 02:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Catalan
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks for your confirmation and apologies for not replying sooner. Cheers, JOhn.

7 hrs confidence:

Spanish Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency

Explanation:
Just as neilmac says, there are different possibilities and no one 'official' way of rendering this. The above is another translation I've found online.

And, looking back in my own files, I see that I've translated this as "Spanish Agency for Medications and Health Products" in the past, although now I would say Health Care Products.

You have options ... there's no one correct way, and I think the main requirement is that the reader will clearly understand what it is.

FDA = US version. AIFA = Italian version. ANMAT = Argentinean version.

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Also agree with Neilmac and Emma -- I wouldn't use 'devices'.

Joseph Tein
United States
Local time: 17:21
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Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 day12 hrs confidence:

Medicine and Healthcare Products Spanish Agency

Explanation:
On December 6, the United Kingdom's Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced the issuance of new warnings regarding the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for treating adult depression.

an option.

daphne consigliere, R.N.
Local time: 20:21
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

438 days confidence:

Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices

Explanation:
One year on, I would like to suggest this as the correct translation.
Unfortunately the Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitorios does not officially translate its title.
But I recommend "Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices" because it is used here:
http://www.aemps.es/actividad/legislacion/espana/docs/RD1344...
and here:
http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/en/d/Js8118e/1.20.html

Emma Goldsmith
Spain
Local time: 02:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 200

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Nov 2, 2009 - Changes made by Gemma Sanza Porcar:
Edited KOG entry	Douglas Davies's old entry - "Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitorios (AEMPS)" => "Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products"

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