Led by Belgium, 19 EU countries called on Tuesday 2 May for tougher rules to tackle medicine shortages in the EU and reduce dependence on imports from China and India.
“Considering the complexity of the problems and the risks associated with them, we believe that the EU must take more drastic steps to improve the security of medicines supply”, according to a non-paper presented by countries including Belgium, France, Germany and Italy. The subject will be debated on Friday 5 May during...