Putting Health First

Incentives for pharmaceutical innovation available in EU legislative instruments are up for review following the Council conclusions on strengthening the balance in the pharmaceutical systems in the EU and its Member States of 17 June 2016.

As a contribution to this review, EPHA hosted Medicines Law & Policy experts to launch a set of recommendations to improve the effectiveness of data exclusivity, the supplementary protection certificate and the orphan drug regulation in Europe. Medicines Law & Policy’s recommendations aim to introduce a better balanced incentive structure in the EU, to ensure new medicines are developed and become available at affordable prices.

The report EU Review of Pharmaceutical Incentives: Suggestions for Change launched at the event is available for download.