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NHS: Drugs

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 8581, tabled on 8 January 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made on establishing a Falsified Medicines scheme.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answered on

11 January 2024

The Medicines & Medical Devices Act 2021 included provisions that enable the introduction and use of a falsified medicines system in the United Kingdom. The Department is considering the right approach for the future, and regulations would be needed to set out the detail of any scheme, which would require consultation.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has robust measures in place for the management of falsified medicines detected by the UK supply chain.

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