UK MHRA Starts Internal Review Over Stolen Drug Revelations
Executive Summary
The UK MHRA has reacted to a television program on the sale in the UK of medicines stolen in Italy in 2014 by launching an internal review of actions taken at the time. It remains to be seen how effective the EU's new system for detecting falsified medicines will be in preventing the trafficking of stolen drugs.
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