Abstract
The leak of confidential documents on 2 May 2016 by Greenpeace Netherlands allows some preliminary conclusions on both the scope and success of the negotiations so far. As regards the pharmaceutical market, the current state of affairs combines the promise of steps forward with the prospect of concerning standstills. This short opinion follows key points emerging from the leaked documents n.9 (“Regulatory Cooperation”) and n.16 (“Tactical State of Play”) that are directly relevant to the pharmaceutical market. The themes that will be briefly discussed are, first, the regulatory cooperation mechanisms emerging from doc. n.9 in comparison to current cooperation processes in pharmaceutical regulation. The leaked papers suggest positive and commendable (yet far from conclusive) developments towards amore transparent and regulated framework for cooperation, while perpetuating concerns regarding fundamental policy choices and prevalence ofmercantile imperatives over competing public interests.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 280-284 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | European Journal of Risk Regulation |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |