EU Parliament Wants Two-Tier Database To Monitor Drug Supplies

Coordinated Clinical Trials Also Important

High-level negotiations are due to begin later this month on a draft regulation that will give the European Medicines Agency new powers to tackle supply chain issues amid health emergencies.

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The European Parliament has called for the establishment of an interoperable EU database to monitor and report on medicines shortages that would facilitate access to, and the exchange of, information between the European Medicines Agency and national authorities.

The proposal is in the form of an amendment to a draft regulation that is intended to strengthen the role...

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