Commission Report Proposes Solutions To European Shortages

Medicines For Europe Calls On European Commission To Take Immediate Action

 
• By Chloe Kent

A European Commission study into the root causes of medicines shortages has identified a range of potential solutions, with the Commission identifying older, off-patent and generic drugs as the most at-risk.

Letters spelling out 'drug shortage', pills and a syringe
Older, off-patent and generic drugs have been identified as the most at-risk of shortages • Source: Alamy

A range of proposed policy solutions to help address drug shortages across Europe has been unveiled by the European Commission, after a study highlighted the off-patent sector as being particularly at risk of supply disruptions.

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