Ireland Chooses "Blueprint" System To Link Into Future EU Product Verification Network

New Irish system will link into the European verification network that is being set up to detect incidents of falsified medicines entering the supply chain using a "unique identifier" on most packs of prescription drugs, starting from February 2019.

Industry, pharmacist and wholesaler associations in Ireland are setting up a new not-for-profit body, the Irish Medicines Verification Organisation (IMVO), to implement and manage a national repository of "unique identifiers" that will have to be placed on the majority of prescription medicines from February 2019.

The Irish repository is one of a number of similar systems being set up around Europe that will...

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