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French Fine 11 Firms For Failure To Meet Stock Obligations

 
• By Ian Schofield

A total of 748 key medicines are now affected by the four-month stock requirement, compared with 422 in 2021.  

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French companies can be fined for not meeting stock requirements • Source: Shutterstock

The French regulator, ANSM, has imposed fines totaling almost €8m ($9m) on 11 pharmaceutical companies for failing to meet their obligations to hold a minimum of four months’ stock of certain medicines of “major therapeutic interest” (MMTIs).

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