“The EU executive’s decision not to legislate against online pharmacies is a major omission in its plans to fight counterfeit medicines, the politicians responsible for pushing a new law through the European Parliament have said.
Speaking at a meeting of industry groups in the European Parliament, German Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, said that the online trade in fake medicines is a growing illegal business and its omission from the European Commission’s proposed directive a “weakness”.”
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eHealth Europe, 7 October 2009
