Brussels, 01/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - The final adoption of the regulation on the paediatric use of medicines is now no more than a “formality”, Commissioner Günter Verheugen noted on Thursday 1 June after the EP's vote at second reading - a vote that will allow the regulation to take effect as of 1 January 2007. From that date on, barring derogation relating to the nature of the product (e.g. if it aims at a pathology that is only found among adults), the pharmaceuticals industry is...