Export process of Generic Drugs
simplified for poorer countries
01 December, 2005
A report by Johan VAN HECKE (ALDE, BE) on a draft
regulation on compulsory licensing for the export of generic
drugs to developing countries have urged the European Union
to do everything it can to enable the world's poorest people to
have access to generic medicines through export procedures. The
supply of generic drugs will help the developing countries in managing
their health related
problems.
The European Commission's draft regulation is intended
to transpose the decision of August 30, 2003 which lays down conditions
for the granting of compulsory licenses for the manufacture in Europe
of generic drugs intended for export to developing countries. A
large number of developing countries are not capable of manufacturing
generic drugs therefore this decision of the European commission
will help them immensely.
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