EU Court Rebukes Poland For Importing Unauthorized Generics
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The Court of Justice of the European Union has said that a Polish law allowing unauthorized medicines to enter the market and undercut the price of originator drugs is illegal.
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