The EU agrees to tackle the shortage of essential medicines such as antibiotics and vaccines

El Pais
El Pais
“Enabling Member States to jointly purchase medicines will allow for more equitable access. The current situation is improving, as public hospitals will now have to take supply security into account, in addition to medicine prices, in their procurement process,” said the Director General of the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC, Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs in French), Agustín Reyna.