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EU Reforms Must Heed Pandemic Lessons

Industry Calls For ‘Targeted Reform’ As Part Of European Health Union

 
• By Dave Wallace

Reforms set out by the European Commission to better prepare the EU for future health crises must heed key lessons learned from experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the benefits of digitalization, Medicines for Europe has urged.

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The European Commission has set out European Health Union proposals • Source: Shutterstock

“Targeted reform” is needed for the EU to successfully learn the lessons of the coronavirus pandemic so far, according to off-patent industry body Medicines for Europe.

Responding to the “European Health Union” proposals announced by the European Commission this week, Medicines for Europe director general...

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• By Dave Wallace

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