EU Launches Critical Medicines Alliance But Prospect Of Act On Manufacturing Still Uncertain

Work on safeguarding the medicine supply chain should be accompanied by ambitious actions to ensure the future of the sector, including a new deal on competitiveness, says the pharmaceutical industry.

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The EU's Critical Medicines Alliance Aims To Improve the Supply of Medicines. • Source: Shutterstock

The launch of the EU’s Critical Medicines Alliance, aimed at improving supplies of important medicines, could be the first step towards a Critical Medicines Act designed to support production of APIs and finished medicines in the EU. However, whether such an act is feasible remains uncertain.

Meanwhile, EFPIA, which represents the innovative pharmaceutical industry in Europe, has called on EU bodies to couple action on medicine...

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