New Italian Rules Ease The Way To Personal Import Of Cheaper Medicines
Executive Summary
A circular issued by the Italian health ministry has relaxed the rules on the personal import of medicines that are approved elsewhere but not in Italy, and extended the mechanism to products that are approved in Italy but inaccessible to certain patients for eligibility or cost reasons.
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