[Ip-health] PharmiWeb- EAASM Calls for Enhanced Legislation Against Fake Drugs

[Terri - Louise Beswick]

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EAASM Calls for Enhanced Legislation Against Fake Drugs


16 Feb 10

The European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines (EAASM) has submitted
a new report to European Parliament, calling for enhanced legislation to
improve the protection of Europe's patients against the intensifying
risks and dangers of counterfeit medicines.

Packaging Patient Protection, published by the EAASM in partnership with
stakeholders in patient associations, non-governmental organisations and
the pharmaceutical industry, is a clear set of recommendations for new
laws to combat fake, counterfeit and substandard medicines.

The document delivers seven key recommendations for Europe's
policy-makers, including:

- a legal obligation for any party in the supply chain unpacking a
medicine box to (re)apply a minimum level of effective traceable and
tamper-proof security technology

- a mechanism to ensure that cost should not, as far as possible, be a
prohibitive in the implementation of a universally-supported minimum
security provision; however, original manufacturers may choose to
supplement this with additional overt or covert security features on
particular products

- a means by which patient in Europe may recognise medicines that have
been tampered with since issue from the original manufacturer

*	European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines
<http://www.eaasm.eu/Media_centre/EAASM_reports>
*	Download the report
<http://v35.pixelcms.com/ams/assets/312296678531/PPP%20to%20print%20FINA
L.pdf>

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