EU Regulatory Network Reaches ‘Point Of No Return,’ German Official Says Of Brexit
Executive Summary
A senior German regulator says that changes the EU medicines regulatory network has been making since the UK announced it was leaving the EU means that nothing will ever be the same again irrespective of whether the UK is allowed to remain in network as part of a Brexit deal.
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