At their informal meeting in Warsaw on Tuesday 25 March, the European health ministers seemed prepared to reach a common position on the pharmaceutical package in May, if possible.
The Polish minister, Izabela Leszczyna, welcomed the fact that all the ministers had asked to “put the patient first”. It is important to ensure that the industry is competitive, “but the pharmaceutical package must include a second pillar, namely access to medicines for all patients, for all Europeans”,...