Re-Elected Von Der Leyen Sets Out EU Commission Plans For Critical Medicines Act

Medicines For Europe Welcomes Move, After Recently Calling For Such Legislation

As she was re-elected as president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen set out plans for the next European Commission that include a Critical Medicines Act to secure the supply chain.

Ursula von der Leyen at lectern in front of EU flag
Ursula von der Leyen has just been re-elected as the president of the European Commission • Source: Shutterstock

Ursula von der Leyen, who today has just been re-elected as the president of the European Commission, has set out plans to introduce a Critical Medicines Act to secure Europe’s supply chain for essential medicines, in line with recent calls from generics and biosimilars industry association Medicines for Europe.

In her political guidelines for the next European Commission from 2024 to 2029, published today, von der Leyen underlined the need to “make our economy more resilient and less dependent

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