European Medicines Verification Organisation

The European Medicines Verification Organisation was established by the European Commission to administer the Falsified Medicines Directive.

It maintains a database of unique identifiers supplied pharmaceutical suppliers in respect of each unit of sale package they manufacture or repackage. This is to contain:

  • Product code
  • Randomized serial number
  • Expiration date
  • Batch or lot number
  • National Health Reimbursement Number if required [1]

In August 2018 it warned that only 841 of the 2,291 pharmaceutical companies with marketing authorisations to supply prescription medicines to the European Economic Area had completed the first stage of connection to the EU Hub, which may take up to six months.[2]

References
  1. "Understanding the Compliance Expectations for the Falsified Medicines Directive". R&D. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. "Almost 1,500 pharma firms could miss FMD deadline, warns body in charge". Pharmaceutical Journal. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.

External References

The Official website of the European Medicines Verification Organisation

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