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Federfarma Rome drugs unavailable. Ministry intervenes Health

Shortage of drugs for parallel exports to countries where they cost more: the denunciation of Federfarma Rome was made in July and renewed yesterday when the association wrote the Italian Medicines Agency denouncing that the parallel market is causing a “real emergency” so that are untraceable drugs such as anticancer drugs, heparins, antipsychotics, and bronchodilators . The letters asked AIFA “immediate steps” to prevent the quota of medicines: after six months the situation has worsened, say pharmacists, for which many pharmacies of Rome are complaining about the absence of such medicines. Today was attended by the Ministry of Health: AIFA will draw up lists of specific drugs of which will be limited export.

“In relation to the news published in the press in which he highlights the difficulty of finding the domestic market of certain medications – a note – the Ministry of Health announced that it has already done so, in the context of the transposition measures Directive 2011/62/EU amending Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use in order to prevent the entry of counterfeit medicines in the legal supply chain, being approved by the Council of Ministers specific provisions intended to ensure that drugs deemed essential and non-substitutable are present on the national territory . “

E ‘was attributed to AIFA empowered to draw up “lists of specific drugs of which will be on a limited basis for such export, in order to ensure the public health service and meet the needs of all patients. Such drugs must necessarily be held by wholesalers and pharmacies. “ The measure will have to express the parliamentary committees before approval by the Council of Ministers.

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17/01/2014 – 16:54 – Editor: BS