When Can You Ban Parallel Trade?
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Taking steps to prevent medicines being parallel exported from on EU country to another is always fraught with uncertainty, despite a succession of rulings on the matter by the Court of Justice of the EU. And a recent statement by Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, appearing to conflict with action being taken by the commission's internal market directorate, has done little to clarify the situation.