Generics Bulletin

EU Reforms Must Heed Pandemic Lessons

Reforms set out by the European Commission to better prepare the EU for future health crises must heed key lessons learned from experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the benefits of digitalization, Medicines for Europe has urged.

Topic Coronavirus EU Policy & Regulation

HBW Insight

Merz Consumer Care Optimistic About Future As German Lockdown Continues

Will the second wave of coronavirus lockdown have the same impact on the European consumer health industry? Speaking exclusively to HBW Insight from Germany, Merz Consumer Care CEO Frank Baldauf thinks not. Recently investing in premium beard care brand Brooklyn Soap and launching its tetesept Formula range in the Netherlands, Merz's Baldauf suggest that there will be less panic buying this time round and the CHC supply chain will hold up under pressure. 

Topic Coronavirus OTC Drugs EU

HBW Insight

EU Wellness Market In 2019: The CBD Green Rush

An interactive timeline of HBW Insight's coverage of the blossoming European CBD market in 2019. The timeline covers the main events of the year beginning with the European Commission's decision to classify CBD as a novel food, and ending on the filing of the first application for a synthetic form of the cannabis-derived ingredient.

Topic EU Market Intelligence

Pink Sheet

EU Countries Test Offering Simultaneous Scientific Advice

An EU pilot project will assess whether there is sufficient demand from companies to obtain simultaneous scientific advice from EU national competent authorities.

Topic EU Innovation Regulation

Pink Sheet

Desperate Measures: How To Soften The Impact Of No-Deal Brexit

Building more cold chain warehouses, finding alternative sources of medicine supplies, and halting parallel exports to mitigate product shortages. Just some of the ideas for tackling the consequences of a no-deal Brexit scenario put forward by industry representatives at a recent parliamentary committee hearing.

Topic Pharma-Brexit Brexit EU

Medtech Insight

BSI Continues UK CE Marking Operations Until Year End

There has been quite a lot of conjecture over whether UK notified bodies would have to cease their CE marking operations on Brexit day, 31 January, or whether they would be able to continue until the end of the EU/UK withdrawal agreement. BSI's Gary Slack explains that BSI, for one, is still open for business. 

Topic EU Brexit

Medtech Insight

Brexit: Medical Supplies Facing ‘Significant Disruption’ At Ports

As negotiators struggle to reach agreement on the future UK/EU relationship following Brexit, suppliers have been warned to expect major hold-ups next year for medical products crossing the English Channel.

Topic EU Brexit

Medtech Insight

All About Value – Brexit Aside, UK Industry Sees Good Things Ahead For Healthtech Adoption

ABHI director of value and access Luella Trickett talks about the importance of real-world evidence in product development and value-based procurement in secondary care in the UK.

Topic Medtech-Brexit EU Legislation Regulation

Pink Sheet

BIA Sees Some Hope For Regulatory Alignment After Brexit

Could the UK carry on playing a part in the European Medicines Agency from 2021? Much will depend on the complex negotiations on the future relationship that are expected to kick off in March. 

Topic Brexit EU