EU Rips Up Competition Rulebook To Allow Collaboration On Coronavirus

Medicines For Europe Welcomes European Commission’s Temporary Framework

A temporary framework has been adopted by the European Commission that will allow companies and associations to co-ordinate efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic without raising competition concerns. The move has been welcomed by the European off-patent industry.

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THE COMMISSION’S TEMPORARY FRAMEWORK WILL ALLOW A JOINED-UP APPROACH • Source: Shutterstock

A temporary framework has been adopted by the European Commission that will allow companies and industry associations to co-ordinate their activities as part of efforts to tackle supply obstacles in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The framework allows industry to co-operate without raising competition concerns and has been welcomed by European off-patent association Medicines for Europe.

Setting out the temporary framework, the commission acknowledged that “measures to adapt production, stock management and, potentially, distribution in...

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