Future MEPs: take control to ensure access to medicines

Future MEPs: take control to ensure access to medicines Future MEPs: take control to ensure access to medicines In a joint call, 12 public health organisations from 5 EU member states urge prospective Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to safeguard access to affordable medicines. [...] Re-elected and new MEPs then have the opportunity and responsibility to protect and promote the health of all people living in the EU. [...] We do have a choice and we need to make an informed decision to ensure that access to medicines remains a priority in Brussels and elsewhere.” Transparency and conditions to public funding According to the signatories of the call, the current system of medicine development is more focused on making as much profit as possible rather than helping as many patients as possible. [...] In their joint call, the organisations urge the next European Parliament to restore the power balance and take control when it comes to access to and pricing of new medicines. [...] MEPs should promote the necessary measures to do so, such as enforcing transparency about the costs and pricing of new medicines and attaching conditions to public funding of research and development to guarantee public return on public investment.