European Pharmacists Call For Continuing OTC Access To Commonly Used Antimicrobials

The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union is calling on the Commission and EU member states to find “workable solutions” that would allow commonly used OTC antimicrobials to continue to be available to patients without a prescription.

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The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU) has called on the European Commission to find a way to combat antimicrobial resistance without putting commonly used OTC antifungals and antivirals behind the pharmacy counter.

Responding to the proposal – which forms part of EU pharmaceutical legislation revision – to widen the prescription requirement to...

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