SWEDEN CALLS FOR EU ACTION ON SUSTAINABLE MEDICINE
January 1st, 2016
THE SWEDISH government has called on the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers for the European Commission to take concrete measures to promote the sustainable production, consumption and waste management of medicinal products. In a detailed policy document circulated to EU ministers, Sweden has called for the Commission to draft a strategy to achieve this goal across the EU. This policy, said Stockholm, should take account of the risks of developing microbial resistance from pharmaceutical residues; require and update environmental testing to better take ...
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