On a high level, Europe is only an idea. There is a flag and an anthem, but the government behind these symbols has neither a constitution nor a mandate to regulate health policies and practices, yet it continues to build one of the world’s most complex bureaucracies.

— From today’s MDD International Report by Contributing Editor John Brosky, covering the European Congress of General Practice, “Europe represents a complex market for simple products,” pp. 1, 8, 10.