Press Release: European Commission gives qualified welcome to European Parliament’s vote on Pharmaceutical Legislation

The European Parliament voted in favour of the European Commission's proposals to reform European legislation on pharmaceutical products at its first reading on 23 October 2002. The European Commission welcomed the vote, but warned that agreement on a series of important issues, such as the balance between innovation and generic medicines and better information to patients should be reached in the future. The European Commission's wide-ranging proposals to review the EU pharmaceutical legislation aim to strike a balance between a high level of health protection for European citizens and the need to boost the competitiveness and innovative capability of the European pharmaceutical industry.

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