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.

Open Red Metal Empty Medicine Cabinet Hanging On A Dark Gray Marble Wall Background. Front View — The European Commission is set to propose a major new act to tackle medicine shortages (Shutterstock)

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Stakeholders have until 27 February to respond to the European Commission’s call for evidence on its plan for a Critical Medicines Act that will create “a more favourable framework for establishing or expanding manufacturing facilities of critical medicines in the EU.”

The European Commission is intensifying efforts to fulfil its promise of proposing a Critical Medicines Act in March to tackle...