Working within the FMD The EU FMD project is designed to ensure that only genuine prescription drugs can be dispensed. The authorised manufacturer seals the packet and affixes a unique code. At the point of dispense that code is checked and if valid and not already decommissioned the drug can be dispensed. The process is …
The Cinderella of Serialisation In the pharmaceutical industry the parallel distributor buys licensed medicines from one market and then sells them on to another. The European Union, European Free Trade Area and United Kingdom will be implementing new serialisation laws from February 2019 that could considerably increase the workload of these parallel distributors. These laws, …