Europe 'Lagging Further Behind U.S. on Drugs'

Europe is slipping ever further behind the U.S. in innovation in the drug industry and needs to revamp its research and healthcare systems to reverse the trend, according to a report to be released by the European Commission next month. The U.S. is increasingly dominating new medicine development at Europe's expense, when measured by labour productivity, influential patent filings, research collaboration and new drug launches, it says.

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