The Belgian medicines agency AFMPS has banned the export of selected medicines to countries outside the European Economic Area in order to ensure that supplies of drugs are available for treating COVID-19 patients as well as those taking certain products for chronic diseases.
Belgium Imposes Selective Export Ban As COVID-19 Threatens Stocks
Hydroxychloroquine & Lopinavir/Ritonavir On The List
A number of countries are resorting to extreme measures such as export bans to preserve stocks of medicines for the COVID-19 pandemic. Belgium is among the latest to impose an export prohibition, but might it fall foul of the EU’s export regulations?
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