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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Belgium is prohibiting the export of certain medicines • Source: Shutterstock

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.

The ban lasts from 1 April to 1 May and can be renewed one month at a time if necessary, depending on how the pandemic evolves

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