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Five Key Issues For EU Pharma Strategy Cited By Medicines For Europe

The EU’s upcoming pharma strategy offers an important opportunity for change, according to Medicines for Europe. The off-patent industry body has set out five key issues that should be priorities for the EU Commission.

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Medicines for Europe has set out its EU pharma strategy priorities • Source: Shutterstock

The EU’s upcoming pharma strategy offers an important opportunity for changes that could bolster Europe’s supply chain and improve stakeholder co-ordination, according to Medicines for Europe. Five key issues that should be addressed by the EU Commission have been set out by the off-patent industry association an open letter to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

The five areas cited by the association are: supply security; sustainable and accessible pharmaceutical budgets; making medicines regulation fit for...

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