EU MANDATES NEW SAFETY FEATURES TO FIGHT COUNTERFEITING
February 1st, 2016
THE EUROPEAN Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Commission have ordered the use of two safety features to prevent the sale of counterfeit medicines - a unique identifier (a 2-dimension barcode) and an anti-tampering device. The goal is to enable pharmacists to ensure they are dispensing a legitimate product. A new Commission regulation, using delegated powers, tells market-authorisation holders to place these safety features on packaging for most prescription medicines and certain non-prescription medicines no later than February 9, 2019. These will, said a ...
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