STAT | Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Follow STAT+: Pharma wins a battle over the cost of wastewater treatment in Europe An E.U. AG recommended annulling part of a directive that requires drugmakers to finance 80% of the costs of wastewater treatment. https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2026/09/11/pharma-wins-cost-of-wastewater-treatment-fight-europe/ statnews.com