EFPIA, SIFFA and Latvian government meet to boost patient access to medicines

Last week, senior representatives of the pharmaceutical industry, including Richard Bergström, director general of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), Imants Sinka and Dita-Erna Sile, respectively chairman and director general of the Latvian Association of International Research-based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (SIFFA), met in Riga with Latvian Minister of Health Guntis Belēvičs.

The purpose of the meeting is to kick-start the implementation of the proposals contained within the Letter of Intent, signed between the Latvian government and the pharmaceutical industry on June 29 this year. The principal signatories to the Letter of Intent include EFPIA, SIFFA and the Ministry of Health, as well as the Academy of Science.

Aim to facilitate stable and predictable business conditions