There is still a major lack of legal certainty around the medicines regulatory situation in Northern Ireland despite recent proposals from the European Commission aimed at easing trade between Great Britain and NI, according to pharmaceutical industry bodies in the UK and Europe.
Industry Leaders Call For Legal Certainty On Northern Ireland Regulation
The European Commission’s proposals for solving the post-Brexit regulatory problems relating to the Northern Ireland market are welcome but they do not go far enough and risk leaving suppliers in a legal limbo, says the off-patent medicines industry.
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