MEPs on the European Parliament’s Public Health and Food Safety Committee, who will have to work hard on a 500-page, 400-article legislative package, gave a general welcome on Wednesday 26 April to the proposals revising pharmaceutical legislation.
Many, however, criticised the system of transferable vouchers for the development of new antimicrobials. The aspect of preventing shortages of medicines could be improved, according to several MEPs.
Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides tried...