Out of focus: EC proposals for changes in the European pharmaceutical legislation that went unnoticed – Part I
On 26 April 2023, the European Commission presented its long-awaited proposal for a comprehensive reform of the European pharmaceutical legislation. The reform aims to replace Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use with a new Directive (“the Directive”) and the integration into a new general regulation (“the Regulation”) of the Regulations establishing the European Medicines Agency and the centralised procedure for the authorisation of medicinal products (Regulation No 726/2004), orphan medicinal products (Regulation No 141/2000), advanced therapy medicinal products (Regulation No 1394/2007) and medicinal products for paediatric use (Regulation No 1901/2006).