Brussels, 27/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - The Council today adopted a directive on Friday 27 May (the Latvian delegation abstained) aimed at preventing falsified medicines from entering into the legal supply chain. The text reflects the first reading agreement reached with the European Parliament. Member states will have 18 months to transpose the new rules into national law.
The new directive includes inter alia the following provisions: - medicines subject to prescription must bear safety...