AESGP Welcomes EU Pharma Revision But Warns Of ‘Unintended Negative Consequences’

European self-care industry association AESGP says it supports the revision of the EU pharmaceutical legislation “in principle,” but has concerns that some of the proposals “may have unintended negative consequences.”

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European self-care industry association, AESGP, sees positives and negatives in the European Commission’s long-awaited proposals for revising the European Union’s legislative framework for pharmaceuticals.

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