Off-Patent Industry Must Become ‘Focal Point’ For Health Systems Post-COVID

Medicines For Europe And IGBA Set Out Policy Priorities At Athens Conference

Off-patent medicines must become the “focal point” of pharmaceutical policies across the world as health systems recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicines for Europe and the IGBA have urged as they held their joint annual conference in Athens, Greece.

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Off-patent medicines must become the “focal point” of health systems around the world as they implement policies to help the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicines for Europe and the International Generic and Biosimilar medicines Association have urged.

Speaking as the two industry associations held their joint annual conference in Athens, Greece, in early October, Medicines for Europe and the IGBA insisted that the “smart use of off-patent medicines

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