EMA Pilots Reduced Parallel Trade Fee To Improve Availability Of Medicines In Malta
This article was originally published in SRA
Executive Summary
The European Medicines Agency has launched a one-year pilot to help increase the availability of centrally authorized medicines in Malta by charging a reduced fee from companies involved in parallel distribution of medicines to the country1,2.
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