The European Community (EC) plans to create a single market for pharmaceutical medicines, but the drug industry is closely linked to cultural and societal values concerning health; to the national regulatory agencies responsible for the evaluation of safety, quality, and efficacy of new drugs; to multinational and domestic companies competing in national and international markets; and to varied interest groups of professionals and consumers organized along national and multinational lines. We review the history of the EC's policy proposals, examine reactions from all these interested parties, and assess the prospects for integration into a single market. The contentious debate that continues among the parties over national prerogatives, industrial interests, professional mandates, and consumer concerns clouds the prospects for a system of centralized drug registration that will be acceptable to all EC member states.
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Pharmaceutical Regulation in the European Community: Barriers to Single Market Integration
J Health Polit Policy Law (1992) 17 (4): 847-868.
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August 01 1992
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Louis H. Orzack, Kenneth I. Kaitin, Louis Lasagna; Pharmaceutical Regulation in the European Community: Barriers to Single Market Integration. J Health Polit Policy Law 1 August 1992; 17 (4): 847–868. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/03616878-17-4-847
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