EU Legislators Firm Up Commission’s Plans To Overhaul Pharma Rules

Parliamentary Report Gets Mixed Reception From Industry

Efforts to overhaul the EU pharmaceutical legislation have been given added impetus after the European Parliament called for action to boost innovation and medicines access, shore up manufacturing and supply chains, and examine the link between R&D spending and drug prices.

Extruded political Map of European Union with relief without United Kingdom after anticipated Brexit
The EU wants to create a European Health Union • Source: Alamy

The European Parliament has voted in favor of moves to make medicines more widely available and affordable, link drug pricing more closely to the real costs of R&D, and strengthen the EU’s pharmaceutical supply chain resilience.

In a report adopted at its 22 -25 November plenary session, the parliament also calls for more joint EU...

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