EU Negotiators Agree New Rules on Vital Medicines
The plan would speed funding for strategic projects and let countries buy rare-disease medicines together, officials said.
- On Tuesday, European Union negotiators reached a provisional agreement on rules aimed at bolstering supply chains for essential medicines and reducing the bloc's dependence on drug manufacturers outside Europe.
- Health ministers reported last year that 80% to 90% of medicines used in Europe come from Asia, primarily China, prompting the European Commission to propose amending production rules in 2025.
- The agreement incentivizes EU-based manufacturing through eased public funding and fast-tracked "strategic projects," while new rules lower the joint purchasing threshold from nine to five member states, "thereby strengthening their collective leverage."
- Cypriot Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides hailed the deal, stating, "Patients should not have to worry about whether critical medicines such as antibiotics will be available at their pharmacy or hospital."
- European Parliament President Roberta Metsola praised the agreement as "delivering real results for people across Europe," though the new rules require formal approval from the European Parliament and the Council to enter into force.
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EU Agrees on Draft Plan to Tackle Medicine Shortages
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Mittelstand CafePharma Deutschland e.V. [Newsroom]Berlin (ots) - While the Federal Government wants to deteriorate location conditions, the EU decides a milestone for more pharmaceutical production in Europe Pharma Deutschland welcomes the agreement on the Critical Medicines Act as a ... Continue reading here...Original content of: Pharma Deutschland e.V., transmitted by news aktuell
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Minister hails EU plans to secure stocks of critical medicines
Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides on Tuesday hailed a deal reached by the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament regarding a new regulation aimed at securing stocks and supply lines of critical medicines across the bloc. “Patients should not have to worry about whether critical medicines such as antibiotics will be available at their pharmacy or hospital,” he said. He added that as a result of the agreement, “we are taki…
Many medicines that are on the market in Europe come from Asia. Some are out of print again and again. The EU now wants to provide a remedy.
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