UK Health Committee Probes Impact Of No-Deal Brexit On Medicines Supply
Executive Summary
The BioIndustry Association is planning to contribute to a UK parliamentary inquiry into the likely effects of a “no-deal” Brexit on healthcare and medicines supply, and has urged companies to notify the government of the state of their contingency plans.
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