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30 November 2020EuropeRory O'Neill

MSF urges EU to rid market of ‘avoidable suffering’ from SPCs

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned that the European Commission’s commitment to the supplementary protection certificate (SPC) system risks undermining its promise to improve drug accessibility.

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