Supplement or medicine? A legal fine line
07 January 2004
New European legislation on pharmaceuticals could override the recently adopted food supplements directive and impact the future of the supplements industry, according to legal experts.
The pharmaceuticals directive (amending Directive 2001/83/EC), which reached a second reading by the European Parliament on 17 December last year, failed to include a number of amendments supported by industry associations that would have reduced the potential of medicines legislation to govern supplements.
The pharmaceuticals directive contains a definition of a medicinal product (as a substance that
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