Vital medicine supplies at risk if UK crashes out of EU, MPs warned

Vital medicine supplies at risk if UK crashes out of EU, MPs warned Shortages could occur within weeks of no-deal Brexit, pharmaceutical industry says

Crashing out of the EU on 31 October would have serious implications for hospitals, patients and pharmacies, with shortages of some medicines within weeks, MPs have been told by the pharmaceutical industry.

Critical medicines and short shelf-life medicines – some of which may need to be refrigerated until they are consumed – would be most vulnerable in a no-deal scenario, parliament’s Brexit select committee heard on Wednesday. The Guardian