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EU’s Medicines Authentication System Hits Implementation Problems At National Level

 
• By Ian Schofield

The EU’s new medicines verification system, which is due to come into operation in February 2019, is experiencing delays, partly as a result of differences in member state approaches to the implementation of safety features on product packs. The European association representing generic and biosimilar firms has warned that any delays in setting up the system could lead to product shortages.

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Delays are hampering implementation of the EU product authentication system

The establishment of a Europe-wide system for verifying the authenticity of medicinal products is being held up by problems at EU member state level, particularly differences in national requirements regarding the new safety features that manufacturers must place on product packs from February next year.

Medicines for Europe, which represents manufacturers of generic and biosimilar medicines and is one of the stakeholders in the system,...

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