Feedback Sought To Shape Highly Awaited EU Law On Cutting Dependency On Asian Imports

Momentum is building around the European Commission’s race to propose a Critical Medicines Act, which aims to tackle drug shortages and create a better framework for establishing manufacturing facilities of essential medicines in the EU.

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The European Commission is set to propose a major new act to tackle medicine shortages (Shutterstock)

The European Commission is intensifying efforts to fulfil its promise of proposing a Critical Medicines Act in March to tackle drug shortages and reduce the EU’s overreliance on imports from Asia.

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