Procedure
EU options for improving access to medicines
2016/2057(INI)·8th term·DEVE / EMPL / ENVI / JURI / PETI·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Medicine, diseases
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): CABEZÓN RUIZ Soledad (S&D)
Summary
Own-initiative report on EU options for improving access to medicines. The amendments invoke the right to health, Sustainable Development Goal 3 and the WHO, and address intellectual property and TRIPS flexibilities, free trade agreements with low- and middle-income countries, generic and biosimilar medicines, neglected and poverty-related diseases, and barriers to access in developing countries.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled25 Jul 2016 – 21 Oct 2016
- Procedure completed
958
Amendments
distinct, in window
114
Members
tabled at least one
5
Committee(s)
25 Jul 2016 – 21 Oct 2016
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
114 Members · by amendment count1🇪🇸
Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
127(91 solo)
2🇵🇹José Inácio FARIA
European People's Party (EPP) · Portugal
64(16 solo)
3🇷🇴Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI
European People's Party (EPP) · Romania
61(21 solo)
4🇮🇪Marian HARKIN
ALDE · Ireland
60(9 solo)
5🇪🇪Jana TOOM
Renew Europe · Estonia
54(5 solo)
6🇩🇰Margrete AUKEN
Greens / EFA · Denmark
49(48 solo)
7🇧🇬Andrey KOVATCHEV
European People's Party (EPP) · Bulgaria
45
8🇸🇪Jasenko SELIMOVIC
ALDE · Sweden
45
9🇧🇪Frédérique RIES
Renew Europe · Belgium
40(1 solo)
10🇬🇷Notis MARIAS
European Conservatives & Reformists · Greece
39(39 solo)
11🇩🇪Karl-Heinz FLORENZ
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
37(2 solo)
12🇧🇪Lieve WIERINCK
ALDE · Belgium
36
13🇮🇹Eleonora EVI
Greens / EFA · Italy
32(12 solo)
14🇫🇷Sylvie GODDYN
EFDD · France
31(4 solo)
15🇩🇪Peter LIESE
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
29
16🇨🇿Kateřina KONEČNÁ
Non-attached · Czechia
29(5 solo)
17🇫🇷Mireille D'ORNANO
EFDD · France
28(1 solo)
18🇫🇷Jean-François JALKH
Identity & Democracy · France
27
19🇮🇪Lynn BOYLAN
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Ireland
26(17 solo)
20🇮🇹Piernicola PEDICINI
Non-attached · Italy
25
21🇮🇹Enrico GASBARRA
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
24(23 solo)
22🇮🇹Elisabetta GARDINI
European People's Party (EPP) · Italy
23(2 solo)
23🇸🇮Alojz PETERLE
European People's Party (EPP) · Slovenia
23(3 solo)
24🇩🇪Gesine MEISSNER
ALDE · Germany
23
25🇫🇷Françoise GROSSETÊTE
European People's Party (EPP) · France
22(4 solo)
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