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Transatlantic Tit For Tat

 
• By Hazel Dawson

Echoing other transatlantic rifts, FDA commissioner Mark McClellan argues that America, with its unrestricted drug pricing, is paying Europe's drug R&D bill. Pharma companies agree. European authorities-the only faction with the power to alter pricing policies-don't. But the public disagreement hasn't prevented closer cooperation between the FDA and the EMEA. The agencies' recently announced confidentiality agreement paves the way for better information sharing and could simplify the complex European regulatory arena. But it won't necessarily speed approvals-some drug firms argue that it may even slow them down.

In a speech to senior pharmaceutical industry executives earlier this year, FDA commissioner Mark D. McClellan MD, PhD, openly criticised Europe for not paying its fair share of drug development costs. European governments' prescription drug pricing controls, he suggested, are forcing Americans to shoulder more than their fair share of the burden, resulting in much higher prices in the US than anywhere else in the world.

European companies—forced to focus on the US market to generate the bulk of their profits—agree: low European prices put them at a distinct financial disadvantage.

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