Enforcement

UK FMD 2021 Changes

With the end of the transition period on 31st December 2020 the UK will leave the EU. Mainland UK then becomes a 3rd country, not part of the EU FMD system. End users such as pharmacists, hospitals and wholesalers and will no longer be able to verify or decommission FMD labelled medicines. Northern Ireland will …

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BENZODIAZEPINES AND THE FMD

The black market for NHS drugs  One of the many problems facing the NHS today is the widespread distribution of prescription drugs outside the legal supply chain. One particular set of drugs falls under the umbrella term of Benzodiazepines, such as Diazepam (Valium) and Nitrazepam. Benzodiazepines are psychoactive drugs, often described as minor tranquilisers, and …

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