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EU To Offer Solution To Post-Brexit Regulatory Problems In Northern Ireland

One-Year ‘Grace Period’ Is Nearing Its End

 
• By Ian Schofield

The EU is preparing a formal proposal for ensuring the continued long-term supply of medicines from Great Britain to Northern Ireland from next year, but it will require "enhanced enforcement" by the UK authorities.

Flags of the United Kingdom and the European Union.Brexit concept.
Brexit has left behind a lot of rough edges • Source: Alamy

The European Commission is planning to publish draft legislation later this year that will offer a way of avoiding post-Brexit regulatory and drug supply challenges that many pharmaceutical companies are facing when it comes to marketing products in Northern Ireland.

The thrust of the proposal is to allow certain regulatory compliance procedures such as batch release to be permanently carried out in Great Britain for products that are destined solely for the Northern Ireland (NI) market, rather than requiring

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