BRUSSELS - As the Oct. 31 deadline for Britain to leave the European Union approaches, health professionals are warning that shortages of some medicines could worsen in Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
But the impact on medical supplies will also be felt beyond Britain. About 45 million packs of medicines are shipped from Britain to the rest of the bloc every month, in trade worth nearly 12 billion pounds in 2016, according to a British parliament report. Increased customs controls at ports and other borders between Britain and the EU could also disrupt supplies of drugs and the chemical compounds needed to produce them, regulators and industry representatives say.
But authorization is pending for three medicines that need EU-wide license, an EMA official said without identifying them. The EMA official said the agency did not have “a full picture” of the situation in all EU states for nationally authorized medicines. Many EU states already face shortages of some medicines because of problems with production, regulators or distribution.
Could... But won't.
Maybe Europe can buy some from the United States we have no shortage of medications.. we just can't afford 2 buy them for ourselves.
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