New EU Approach On Duplicate Marketing Authorizations Prompts Questions
Executive Summary
The European Commission says there is no automatic link between the introduction of a duplicate marketing authorization by the holder of the original medicinal product (be it a chemical or a biological medicinal product) and the increased availability of a medicine.
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