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Originally Posted by nomadking
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.
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You are absolutely right, the best way would be to mirror EMA rules at least in the short term, creating a ‘one way single market’ for drug imports. The other way with exports may be more tricky but that wasn’t the issue being discussed here.
The major concern regarding drug shortages is holdups at the import stage, especially for cold chain drugs such as vaccines and other biologicals, hence the article from Sir Michael Rawlins, head of the MHRA-
https://www.pharmaceutical-journal.c...irstPass=false