UK To Seek Only Limited Regulatory Alignment With EU
Pharma Industry Calls For ‘Ambition And Pragmatism’
Executive Summary
Despite the life sciences industry’s call for continued alignment of medicines regulation with the EU from next year and for some sort of co-operation with the European Medicines Agency, it seems the UK government is prepared to make only small concessions.
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