04.07.2014 - 06:49 [ Techdirt ]

PhRMA Wants US To Use TAFTA/TTIP To Stop EU Releasing Basic Drug Safety Information

Back in February, we reported that PhRMA, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, was pushing to have the EU put on the US‘s ‚Priority Watch List‘ for its plans to disclose basic safety information about drugs. Now a letter from PhRMA obtained by the German newsapaper Der Tagesspiegel shows that US pharmaceutical companies are trying to use TAFTA/TTIP to undermine the new EU rules on making clinical trial data available (original in German):