UK Adds MMR Vaccine To Export Ban List
Parallel Traders Say List Is Non-Transparent & Misdirected
Executive Summary
There are now 31 medicines on the UK’s list of products that cannot be parallel exported to other European Economic Area countries as part of government efforts to tackle drug shortages. The parallel trade industry has attacked the initiative for lack of transparency.
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