EU to propose easing medicines flow from Britain to Northern Ireland

FILE PHOTO: People pose with syringe with needle in front of displayed EU flag in this illustration taken December 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is due to set out on Friday legal changes to ease the transport of medicines from Britain to Northern Ireland, a move that could relieve EU-UK tensions over the British province's future after Brexit.

The flow of medicines is currently unimpeded, but set to change when a grace period expires at the end of the year.