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Originally Posted by jonbxx
Maybe ‘extremely concerned’ is a better description when the answer is we don’t know to the following questions;
Will drugs produced to EMA standards be acceptable in the UK?
Will drugs produced to UK standards be acceptable in EMA governed countries
Will the UK contribute to international drug bodies such as the International Committee for Harmonisation
How will raw materials quality be governed?
How will raw material manufacturers in the UK be inspected before shipment to other countries?
These questions and others need an answer and soon so plans can be made.
Of course this and other industries existed before we joined the EU but the industry has changed beyond all recognition. The best selling drug in the 70s was Valium. It’s now Etanercept, an incredibly complicated product to manufacture.
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Nothing stopping us from automatically approving EU regulated drugs or anything else. And we can produce things that meet EU regulations. After all, other non-EU countries must manage it, including China. The thing is we might want to produce or accept products with looser regulations or perhaps stricter regulations.
I can remember an issue from several years ago, where UK regulations for UHT milk were stricter than in France. We were forced to accept French UHT milk which didn't meet our own internal regulations which our producers had to meet. UHT milk may not be much of an issue, but it does demonstrate the issue.