EU PHARMA COMPANIES WANT MORE REFORM TO CHILD MEDICINE LAWS

THE EUROPEAN Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has called on the European Commission to propose comprehensive and detailed reforms to the European Union’s (EU) paediatric medicines regulation.In comments to a Brussels plan to revise guidance on applications for paediatric investigation plans, EFPIA said it was disappointed with the proposals. Notably, it said they did not effectively address the “high number of requests for modification” to such plans during medicine development. This is because they are often submitted early, ...


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