In Strasbourg on Thursday 20 April, the new Standing Sub-Committee on Public Health held its first meeting on the prevention and management of medicine shortages in Europe (see EUROPE B13141A5, B13161A28).
Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health, attended the meeting and confirmed that the proposal for the revision of the pharmaceutical legislation would be presented on 26 April by the College of Commissioners. “Our aim is to create a strong but flexible legal framework that...