New EU group calls for action on access to medicines
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
A new group set up at the European Parliament to look at ways of improving access to medicines in developing countries says it plans to hold regular round tables on issues such as R&D into neglected diseases and the HIV patent pool.
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