UK Supply Chain Disruption Due To Closed Borders Remains A Concern
Manufacturers Are Seeking To Maintain Prices Despite COVID-19 Crisis
Executive Summary
The BGMA has emphasized the importance of prioritizing transport of medicines across borders, at the same time as it has praised decisions by the UK competition authority and European Commission to relax rules on co-ordinating to facilitate the supply of medicines.
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