Falsified Medicines Directive will close in Great Britain at end of 2020
UK FMD Working Group for Community Pharmacy has confirmed that users will be disconnected from the Falsified Medicines Directive system when the Brexit transition period ends. Pharmacies should ensure that their systems are no longer connected to the UKMVS at the end of 2020.
Source:
Pharmaceutical Journal
SPS commentary:
In October 2020, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society wrote to the health secretary, expressing their concerns that removal of these safeguards could leave the UK vulnerable to an influx of counterfeit medicines, impacting on patient care in UK and EU. They asked for robust plans to be put in place to help authenticate the legitimacy of medicines that move between the EU and the UK.