EU Packaging Regulation Presents Challenge And Opportunity For Consumer Health Industry
Executive Summary
A proposed new European Union packaging regulation, which introduces environmental and labelling requirements and extended producer responsibility for medicines, medical devices and food supplements, could be challenging for the region's consumer health industry. But it could also be a spur to creativity, argues Chris Whitehouse, chairman and managing director of Whitehouse Communications.
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