European regulation of pharmaceuticals has, since the foundation of the European Union around 60 years ago, been a story of medicines being controlled in a collaboration between regulators at the EU and national levels
European regulation of pharmaceuticals has, since the foundation of the European Union around 60 years ago, been a story of medicines being controlled in a collaboration between regulators at the EU and national levels.
In recent years, this collaboration has been extended to involve not just the regulators themselves but also other stakeholders such as large, medium and small pharmaceutical companies, prescribers and patients.
A major objective of the European pharmaceutical legislation, particularly at the EU level, has been to support the competiveness of the European pharmaceutical industry. This aim has become more urgent with the industry coming under pressure from globalization. \
In this special Pharmaceutical Technology Europe feature, Sean Milmo looks at the key events and controversies in European drug regulation over the last 60 years.
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