EUCOPE Press releases
EUCOPE Lunch Debate on Innovations in Healthcare
On 09.06.10 Eucope and the SME Union of the European Parliament organized a discussion with Members of the European Parliament, Commission representatives and other health experts on innovations in the biotech and pharma sector. A special focus during this Lunch Debate was the role of SMEs as a driving force ... read more...
Sector inquiry: Final report
On 08.07.09 the European Commission adopted the final report on the competition inquiry into the pharmaceutical sector. The inquiry was launched in January 2008. The Commission concludes that market entries of generic medicines are often delayed and that the number of new medicines coming to the market is declining. The ... read more...
ECJ: Judgement on foreign ownership of pharmacies
On 19.05.09 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered his judgements in two cases relating to the rules governing the ownership of pharmacies. In joined Cases C-171/01 and C-172/07 (Apothekerkammer des Saarlandes and Others) the ECJ takes the view that restrictions on foreign ownership of pharmacies do not breach Community ... read more...
ECJ: Information about a medicinal product by a third party
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) held in case C-421/07 (Damgaard) on 02.04.09 that Art. 86 of Directive 2001/83/EC is to be interpreted as meaning that the dissemination by a third party of information about a medicinal product may be regarded as advertising, even though the third party is acting ... read more...
