UK DRUGS INDUSTRY HAILS WORLD TRADE DEAL
January 8th, 2014
THE UK pharmaceutical industry has welcomed last month's World TradeOrganization (WTO) trade facilitation agreement, saying it will improve theefficiency of import and export procedures that hold up deliveries of pharmaproducts.“It [the deal] improves transparency and predictability of customs process,”said Sean Palmer, spokesperson for the Association of the BritishPharmaceutical Industry (ABPI).Key trade barriers for the pharma industry include “unreasonable delays incustoms, arbitrary interpretation of requirements and lack of transparencyand ...
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