ATL FMD Connect is a smart solution an easy to use the applications based on cloud. According to the Falsified Medicines directives, it allows all the pack of hospitals, pharmacy and pharmaceutical wholesalers will be verified before hand over the medicines to the patient.
The European Parliament and Council released a directive related to the falsified medicines (2011/62/EU) under which the step has been taken to reduce the entry of falsified Medicines under the legal chain of medicines. The motive of this step is to improve the safety of the patients. Under this, it is compulsory for the marketers as well as wholesalers of the medicines to use the ATL FMD Connect that will protect the falsified medicines. Authenticity of medicines will be guaranteed by the European Medicines Verification System (EMVS).
Falsified Medicines Directive
ALT FMD connect is a part of new obligations by the regulations that was imposed on all the marketers, distributors, community pharmacies, Health Centres, wholesalers as well as hospital pharmacies. The legislation came into existence on 9th of February 2019.
All the manufacturers, distributors as well as Marketing Authorization holders are needed to make amendments in their packaging as well as labeling of Prescription only medicines (POMs) to add anti-tamper proof devices, information that is able to read by the customers and also a 2D machine that allows to scan the medicines as well. It is mandatory for all the marketers as well as health centres and hospitals to allow amendments in the processes of business and IT systems as well. The changes in IT systems are needed to develop a connection between medicines Verification System in United Kingdom. There is no extra cost for the wholesalers, hospitals, health centres and others to effectively use the system.
FMD and Brexit
The FMD system is fully regulated in the United Kingdom until it is cancelled by the parliament of the nation. UK’s Secured will be put into practice Falsified Medicine Directives as an integral part of programme of United Kingdom until it is suggested by the United Kingdom of Health and Social Care.
According to the Article 8 of the European Union Withdrawal Agreement under DHSC and SecurMed UK, it states that the European Union and United Kingdom shared the system until it will end on a particular date on which both agreed. In No Deal Brexit, the government of HM has a right to withdraw the legislation of FMD.
