NEW HEALTH AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS EU COMMISSIONERS NOMINATED
December 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NOMINEES for a new European Commission taking office for five years from February have been released. Regarding the posts of importance to the pharmaceutical sector, they are Malta's John Dalli, for health and consumer policy; and Ireland's Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, for research and innovation. They will be grilled at European Parliament hearings in January, ahead of formal appointments.
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NOMINEES for a new European Commission taking office for five years from February have been released. Regarding the posts of importance to the pharmaceutical sector, they are Malta's John Dalli, for health and consumer policy; and Ireland's Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, for research and innovation. They will be grilled at European Parliament hearings in January, ahead of formal appointments.
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