First annual Conference of the Institute for Medicines and Medical Devices of Montenegro entitled “European perspective of CInMED – to achieve mutual goal through cooperation and partnership” took place from 1 to 3 December 2022 in CUE Hotel in Podgorica.

During the conference, new competences of the Institute were presented, along with current development in the field of medical devices legislation and trainings in the area of Good Distribution Practice Guidelines (GDP), Good Pharmacovigilance Practice Guidelines (GVP) and the protection system against falsified and substandard medicines were organized as well. In cooperation with colleagues from the Italian Medicines Agency, we presented the MEDI-THEFT project that the Institute has been implementing in cooperation with EU partners, which aims to prevent stolen and falsified medicines from entering into legal supply chain.

Conference was concluded with a round table entitled “To achieve mutual goals through partnership”, which was entirely devoted to questions and comments of participants.

It was concluded that the organization of such events was the best manner to exchange knowledge and experience and discuss issues of importance in the field of medicines and medical devices, but also to establish contacts and good partnership relations that would result in further positive steps in the business operation of the Institute and its clients and associates.