GENEVA, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The European Union takes access to medicine for developing countries seriously and is currently looking closely at seizures of generic drugs that occurred last year, an spokesman for the EU trade chief said on Thursday.
"The Commission agrees that necessary action against counterfeit and dangerous medicines should not be at the expense of trade in genuine generic medicines," Lutz Guellner, spokesman for European Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton told Reuters.
He was commenting on news that India and Brazil had decided to launch a formal dispute against the EU at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over seizures of generic drugs in transit. (Reporting by Jonathan Lynn)