The political agreement reached on the revision of the EU pharmaceutical legislation garnered much attention in December 2025 (see our briefing – EU Pharma Package: Agreement reached). The protracted interinstitutional negotiations reached an outcome which it was expected would lead to formal adoption during the course of 2026. No text was published when the agreement was announced. By way of reminder, the existing legislation is to be replaced with both a new Directive and new Regulation, generally referred to as the Pharma Package (the “Pharma Package”)