... to analyse the extent to which this has occurred in practice. Design/methodology/approach The pattern of licence ownership and subscriber numbers in the EU25 is set out for 30 June 2004. The market position of eight operators likely to have played a role in investing in accession countries is examined...

... product intended for human consumption have an official market licence before it is allowed onto the nation’s market. Until December 1994 each nation in the EU could decide itself what products came onto its market. From January 1995 the European Commission, facilitated by the European Medicines...