EU Parallel Trade ‘Alleviates Shortages’ Says New EAEPC President
Executive Summary
Parallel traders play a major role in injecting competition into the EU pharmaceutical market place and alleviating drug shortages, says Kohlpharma’s Jörg Geller, who has just taken over at the helm of the parallel distributors’ representative body in Europe.
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