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8 Amendments of Sofia RIBEIRO related to 2016/2057(INI)

Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas people living with disabilities are the most vulnerable and need medicines the mostit is those who are the most vulnerable that have the greatest difficulty in accessing medicines;
2016/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of observing the principle of subsidiarity, as each Member State must manage its own resources and address any shortcomings on the basis of its own particular requirements;
2016/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for support for the progress achieved by the pharmaceutical industry, especially the progress hitherto driven by European SMEs, which have transformed the standard of healthcare in Europe and helped to prolong life expectancy;
2016/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends that each Member State should be free to set its own innovation policy in the field of cutting- edge technologies, possibly with the aid of EU funding;deleted
2016/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends that information sharing and the training of medical professionals and researchers be made an immediate priority;
2016/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recommends that a medicine price negotiation mechanism be devised to ensure greater uniformity at EU level, especially in those cases where the cost of the labour is incompatible with Member States’ welfare systems;
2016/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates that the stability of European welfare systems, which are one of the cornerstones of EU cooperation and whose budgets differ greatly from one Member State to another, is contingent on people being in employment, and that high levels of unemployment are making it essential to find new means of funding welfare;deleted
2016/09/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates that part of the reason why businesses are becoming less competitive and why welfare spending is so high is that EU rules – including rules on drug pricing – are too burdensome.deleted
2016/09/07
Committee: EMPL