Commission to push 'buy European' in new critical medicines act
The European Commission has proposed new rules aimed at strengthening the security of supply and availability of critical medicines, prioritising EU-based suppliers in public procurement.
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The European Commission has proposed new rules aimed at strengthening the security of supply and availability of critical medicines, prioritising EU-based suppliers in public procurement.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/11/commission-to-push-buy-european-in-new-critical-medicines-act
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00:00The European Commission wants to extend the Made in Europe tag to medicines.
00:05A proposal presented this Tuesday aims to tackle shortages, especially for essential
00:10drugs such as antibiotics, insulin or painkillers.
00:15Now the EU is highly dependent on third countries, mainly in Asia.
00:22So this initiative represents a significant step forward, as I say, to ensure that these
00:30essential medicines remain accessible, affordable and available to all Europeans who depend
00:39on them.
00:40The plan is to boost the investment for manufacturers both of essential medicines and key ingredients
00:46in the European Union.
00:50So it's definitely a good step.
00:51We're moving towards sovereignty in terms of less dependency on other continents and
00:59other countries on the delivery of medicines.
01:03We're moving also towards greater access for the people of Europe for affordable medicines.
01:13European Health Commissioner Oliver Verghelli's self-imposed 100 days in office deadline was
01:18fulfilled.
01:19But for some MEPs, the proposal was too rushed and turned out to be not enough.
01:25This is not going to bring back medicine production to Europe.
01:29This is not going to solve the problem neither for the patients, neither for the pharma industry.
01:34So it's really a deception and is the proof if something is too much rushed, it is not
01:40fulfilling the expectation that we need.
01:42We have a lot of challenges to face in order to fight shortages of medicines.
01:47Financing the whole plan remains now a key issue, according to some MEPs but also to
01:52several EU health ministers who believe critical medicines should be under the scope of a future
01:58defence funding scheme.