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E-drug: EU pushes Pharma to deliver medicines to poor countries at lowest
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EU PUSHES PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY TO DELIVER MEDICINES TO POOR
COUNTRIES AT LOWEST PRICE
EU Development and Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Poul Nielson and
EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy met EU pharmaceutical industry
leaders to discuss how to implement the EU Action Programme on
major communicable diseases (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria)
adopted by the Council of Ministers on 14 May. In this context, the
EU seeks the support of the pharmaceutical industry for the
implementation of a "tiered-pricing" system in order to make
essential medicines available to developing countries at the lowest
possible price. This meeting, which both sides agreed should now
take place on a regular basis, aimed at reviewing progress of the
global and EU efforts in favour of increased access to health and
medicines in developing countries, and, in particular, proposals to
implement such a system.
For further information on this subject:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/csc/med.htm
European Commission, Trade DG, Information Unit
Email: eis@cec.eu.int
WWW: http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade
Fax: +32-2-296-9854
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