Medicines For Europe Calls For Security Of Supply Legislation
Increasing Inflation And Potential Price Cuts May Otherwise Impede Access
Executive Summary
Medicines for Europe has urged the European Commission to enshrine security of supply considerations for essential medicines into legislature. Without these, additional cost containment measures for off-patent medicines under consideration by member states may ultimately threaten access by making production unsustainable for manufacturers.
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