REACH DECISION ON ARTICLES COULD POSE DEMANDS ON PHARMA INDUSTRY
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) chemical control system REACH may apply to the pharmaceutical industry, even though medicines themselves are largely exempt. Administrative demands and environmental assessments may be made on the sector because of a current debate over what constitutes an 'article' under REACH: whether it is an entire product - a packet of pills - or the individual elements making that product - the pills, the packet and its label. If a European Commission committee decides it is the latter, then the packaging could be deemed ...
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