Brussels, 26/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 26 February, the vice president of the Commission, Günter Verheugen, announced that in 2008 the European Commission is expected to propose a new legal framework that is simpler and clearer, for enhanced monitoring of medicines in the EU.
Prior to a medicine being authorised it has to undergo extensive studies to demonstrate that it is safe, effective and of high quality. Although all medicines have some risks (side-effects / adverse...