Malta often forced to pay triple for medicines, Abela says at EU summit

Malta often forced to pay triple for medicines, Abela says at EU summit

Maltese patients are forced to pay two or three times more for certain medicines than their counterparts in other EU member states because of unfair competitive practices, Robert Abela warned on Thursday.Abela was speaking as European leaders negotiate new pharmaceutical regulations at a summit on competitiveness in Brussels.Abela argued that the single market is currently...

Application of the Bolar Exception: Different Approaches in EU Law By Dmytro Doubinsky This Research Paper addresses the ever-increasing problem of access to essential medicines, focusing on the role of intellectual property rights, particularly patent rights, in restricting access by enabling monopolies in the pharmaceutical market that keep medicine prices high. The paper explores the Bolar exception, a legal mechanism designed to allow generi…

Malta will continue to insist that, despite being the smallest member state of the European Union, Malta and its people need to have equal access to medicines and this at a fair price. This was stated by Prime Minister Robert Abela before the summit of the European Council, which began on Thursday and is discussing, among others, competitiveness, the situation in Ukraine and European defence. ADVERTISEMENT SCROLL TO CONTINUE The Prime Minister …