In the 1990s, Europe produced over 80% of the active ingredients for its pharmaceutical production.

Omissions

• The MEP did not cite any source for the figure.
• The 80%+ figure is documented for the late 1990s (end of the decade), not necessarily for the entire 1990s period as the broad phrasing 'in the 1990s' might suggest.
• The metric refers to API production share by value, not by volume — a distinction that can significantly affect the perceived magnitude depending on the type of APIs produced.
• No primary official source (e.g., Eurostat, European Commission, EFPIA historical dataset) was located within the search limit; corroboration rests on two independent secondary journalistic sources.

Sources

• SecondaryPharmaFocus EuropeEurope's share of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) production by value has plummeted from over 80% in the late 1990s to around 30% today.
• SecondaryLe MondeWhile it exceeded 80% at the end of the 1990s, it had fallen to 48% by 2014. Today, it's closer to 30%.