Health Minister Michael Damianos on Friday spoke in favour of a European Union proposal to stipulate that all patent holders for all medicinal products placed on the market ensure their product is available in every EU member state.
Damianos expressed his support for the initiative at an EU summit in Luxembourg, as well as for the range of proposed incentives for pharmaceutical companies proposed by the European Commission for the medicines to be made available across the bloc.
However, he argued against the commission’s proposal of an extra year of market protection for…
