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Track And Trace, EU Style: Firms Try Self-Administered System

 
• By Faraz Kermani

European pharma trade federation issues a tender for its product coding system to fight counterfeits, as part of effort to convince the European Commission that a stakeholder-run initiative will work best.

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has launched a tendering process for key components of its European Medicines Verification System (EMVS), a mechanism aimed at securing the legitimate supply chain against the emergence of counterfeit drugs. EFPIA is pulling out all the stops in order to prove that it has a credible and viable authentication system, before the European Commission is legally obliged to define one in 2014.

The driving force behind the EVMS is a requirement by the Falsified Medicines Directive, published on July 1, 2011, for...

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UK-Wide Strategy Needed To Move Clinical Trial Diversity Plans To Next Stage

 
• By Vibha Sharma

The UK’s research-based pharma industry and medical research charities have set out clear action points to drive greater diversity and inclusion in clinical trials.

Blenrep’s Comeback Continues As England Becomes First To Fund Drug

 
• By Eliza Slawther

Blenrep, GSK’s multiple myeloma therapy, faced a major setback when it was withdrawn from the market in 2022. The drug has since made a return as a second-line therapy, and is on track to being reimbursed in England.

Pharma’s Protests Fall Flat As UK Locks In High Rebate Rates

 
• By Neena Brizmohun

Despite pushback by industry, the government is standing by its new statutory scheme rebate rates for branded medicines, including one that doubles the rate that companies must repay on the sales of newer products to the National Health Service to 31.3%.

EUCOPE Wants Simpler Manufacturing Rules And Framework For Combined Trials Under EU Biotech Act

 
• By Eliza Slawther

EU authorities must “take advantage” of the upcoming Biotech Act to reassess the bloc’s policies and “offset existing challenges” for small and midsized enterprises, trade association EUCOPE has said.

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