EU Updates Guidance On Safety Features For Drugs Under Falsified Medicines Directive

The EU has issued updated guidance on the Falsified Medicines Directive, which gives drug manufacturers until February 2019 to affix 2D barcodes on their products to allow the identification and authentication of individual packs.

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The European Commission has issued updated guidance to help drug manufacturers comply with new rules on fixing unique identifiers on the packs of almost all prescription medicines, as required under the EU Falsified Medicines Directive. The new rules will apply as of Feb. 9, 2019, although Belgium, Greece and Italy have the option of deferring their implementation application for up to six additional years.

The guidance, issued in the form of a revised question and answer document, contains new information on: some...

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