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Europe Must Not Squander Potential Of Reformulation

Pharmanovia And Medicines For Europe Executive Makes Case For Inclusion In Legislation

 
• By Dave Wallace

At a panel on value added medicines at Medicines for Europe’s 30th annual conference in Dublin last week, Pharmanovia CEO and value added medicines sector chair James Burt set out the case for expanding the scope of current EU pharma legislation proposals to reward reformulation alongside repurposing.

James Burt speaks at Value Added Medicines panel, Medicines for Europe conference
James Burt talks about value added medicines at a conference panel • Source: Medicines for Europe

EU efforts to incentivize value added medicines – products that innovate around existing known molecules – are welcome, but do not go far enough. That was the message that came through at Medicines for Europe’s 30th annual conference in Dublin last week, where delegates heard that Europe could risk missing out on the benefits of reformulated medicines by focusing solely on incentivizing repurposing drugs with new indications.

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