Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (AEMPS)
English translation:
Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products
Added to glossary by
Gemma Sanza Porcar
Oct 21, 2009 10:33
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Spanish term
United Kingdom
Medical Translation - over 12 years
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitorios (AEMPS)
Spanish to English
Medical
Medical: Pharmaceuticals
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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.
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.
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Change log
Nov 2, 2009 18:12: Gemma Sanza Porcar changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/81844">Douglas Davies's</a> old entry - "Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitorios (AEMPS)"" to ""Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products""
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Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products
See English version of Spain Health Department:
http://www.msps.es/en/home.htm
(on the right)
Greetings,
Gemma
http://www.msps.es/en/home.htm
(on the right)
Greetings,
Gemma
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philgoddard
: We wouldn't say "of" in English.
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Dear Phil, you´re right but it´s what appears at National Department web-page :( Greetings, Gemma
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Joseph Tein
: Agree with Phil (just for your information). Even though the Spanish is 'de', it just doesn't sound right in this case to say 'of' in English.
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Dear Joseph, you´re right too but it´s what appears at National Department web-page :( Greetings, Gemma
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Ray Ables
: Actually, although I agree with your translation, the official translation is "Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices" http://www.aemps.gob.es/en/home.htm
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Thank you, Ray. :-)
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Patrick Weill
: The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for your confirmation and apologies for not replying sooner. Cheers, JOhn."
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Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products
"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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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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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 :-)
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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 :-)
Note from asker:
| Apologies - I intended to select this as my preferred answer. I will try to sort it out. |
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philgoddard
: That must be a record for the number of notes! :)
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They are afterthoughts really. I communicate the same way online as I do in the real world:-)
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Patrick Weill
: The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices
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1 day 12 hrs
Daphne Consigliere, R.N.
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Happy interpreter and translator.
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Medicine and Healthcare Products Spanish Agency
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.
an option.
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Emma Goldsmith
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
25 years of medical translations
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices
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
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
Peer comment(s):
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Gary Smith Lawson
: Thanks Emma. I prefer the WHO as a rule for >EN. The Spanish ministerial sites aren't often well translated (see foot of Health Department's page - ("Citizen's Attention" - yikes!)). For the record, SpringerLink cites Joseph & Neilmac's suggestions, too.)
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Patrick Weill
: I prefer the translation on the agency's site: The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices
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Neil Ashby
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Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices
Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices
always use the info provided by the organization about its own name, if available; this is almost always the way I do it, with very rare exceptions.
always use the info provided by the organization about its own name, if available; this is almost always the way I do it, with very rare exceptions.
Reference:
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Joseph Tein
: A bit of time has gone by, but since you commented on my reply I'll post here and say I agree ... we should always use the translated name given by the agency itself (I just checked it).
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OK Joseph, thank you. Saludos from Mexico! Patrick
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Ray Ables
: http://www.aemps.gob.es/en/home.htm
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Neil Ashby
: I don't disagree with this, but as we can see the aemps website actually uses different names so it can't be taken as the determining factor.
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Joseph Tein
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Multilingual. Very careful & precise.
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
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32
Spanish Medicines and Healthcare Products Agency
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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Note added at 7 hrs (2009-10-21 18:10:46 GMT)
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Also agree with Neilmac and Emma -- I wouldn't use 'devices'.
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Note added at 1728 days (2014-07-15 17:22:42 GMT) Post-grading
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Just a few years later ... I agree with Patrick's comment below. We should use the translated name given by the agency itself:
"Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices"
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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Note added at 7 hrs (2009-10-21 18:10:46 GMT)
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Also agree with Neilmac and Emma -- I wouldn't use 'devices'.
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Note added at 1728 days (2014-07-15 17:22:42 GMT) Post-grading
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Just a few years later ... I agree with Patrick's comment below. We should use the translated name given by the agency itself:
"Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices"
Peer comment(s):
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Charles Davis
: I have just had this in two different translations in one week, and decided this was the best, partly by analogy with the UK's similarly-named MHRA. "Official" version are just the work of translators like you or me (less expert in many cases!).
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Patrick Weill
: Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices
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You're right! I'll leave my answer as is and add a comment; possibly it will help someone in the future who is looking up this same term.
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M. Scott McPherson
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Legal translation specialist, +20 years
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English
Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products
The European Medicines Agency uses this term.
Discussion
The very first page, opened on 22/5/2017, immediately offers two versions:
"The Spanish Agency of Medicinal Products and Medical Devices informs about the submission of the application for clinical trial authorisation Nº. 1000 via Voluntary Harmonisation Procedure. AEMPS encourages sponsors to continue using this procedure that facilitates clinical trial authorization until the new clinical trial Regulation’s effective application date, foreseen for October 2018."
The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices has launched the Spanish Office for support of Innovation and Knowledge of medicinal products in order to integrate coordinate and strengthen the different activities and initiatives supporting investigation, innovation and the obtaining of additional knowledge about new medicinal products performed by the Agency in Spain and within the Framework of the European Medicines Agencies Network.
https://www.aemps.gob.es/en/
Y sería Sanitarios en tu sugerencia