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Price controls seen as key to Europe's drug innovation lag

Pharmaceutical innovation is not only occurring faster in the United States than in Europe, but the gap is getting wider.

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Figure 1: The EMEA meets its performance goals, but lags the FDA in new drug approvals.

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Mitchell, P. Price controls seen as key to Europe's drug innovation lag. Nat Rev Drug Discov 6, 257–258 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd2293

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