OTC antimicrobials should only be subject to prescription if there is an “identified risk of antimicrobial resistance,” says the European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety in its recently adopted position on the revised EU pharmaceutical legislation.
ENVI: Prescription Requirement Only With Evidence Of Antimicrobial Resistance
The EU Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee proposes a “compromise amendment” to the new pharmaceutical directive that would include only antimicrobials for which there is an “identified risk of antimicrobial resistance” to the prescription requirement.
