French Agency Faces Manslaughter Charges Over Valproate Birth Defects

The Council of the EU has not taken forward a proposal from the European Parliament that would require companies to disclose the transfers of value they make to health care professionals and health care organizations – lawyers weigh in on the diverging proposals.

A potential MFN drug pricing policy in the US could also lead to a greater push for collaborative action in the EU, such as joint procurement among the member states, says one European industry expert.

France’s simplification bill is a “first step” to improving the country’s clinical research environment, but more could be done to drive decentralized trials and simplify processes, says Leem, the French pharmaceutical industry association.

A new methodology for measuring pharmaceutical company carbon footprints could lead to a single standard for producing these calculations that is applicable to all medicines sold in France, said the industry association, Leem. However, it warned that there remains uncertainty about how the methodology will work in practice.