No repackaging ban for the EU, says commission
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
The European Commissiondoes not intend to propose a ban on the repackaging of pharmaceuticals, which was one of the options in its proposals earlier this year for tackling counterfeiting. Nor, it says, does it have any plans to change the legislation on parallel trade.
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