Swiss face "difficult" pharma negotiations with Mercosur

Work still needs to be done on pharmaceutical products as part of the free trade agreement signed with Mercosur, said Swiss Economics Minister Guy Parmelin. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, Parmelin added that the outcome of the negotiations was very good. "The negotiations were difficult right up to the end, particularly on the intellectual property of pharmaceutical products," said Parmelin on arriving at Zurich airport. He was returning from a visit to Brazil and Argentina...