Denmark Planning To Impose Drug Stockpiling Obligations From July

A new bill is intended to address the increase in medicine supply problems in Denmark in recent years.

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New rules requiring pharmaceutical companies in Denmark to establish “safety stocks” of “critical” medicines are scheduled to come into effect on 1 July, along with an obligation to report stock levels of those products to the Danish Medicines Agency (DKMA) on a weekly basis.

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