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To guarantee the safety and authenticity of medicines to patients, in the first half of 2021, 12 million packages of medicines were verified in the system and reached consumers in Latvia, according to the Latvian Medicines Verification Organization (LZVO) data

In the first quarter of 2021, in the medicines verification system, which guarantees the safety and authenticity of prescription medicines, 5.8 million packages of medicines were verified and have reached consumers.

The Latvian medicines verification system, which was established in Latvia to check the safety of medicines and prevent people from receiving or buying falsified medicines, has been fully operational for almost two years.

Latvian Medicines Verification organisation (LZVO) in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, the State Agency of Medicines (ZVA) and Health Inspectorate organised the workshop on the introduction of the Falsified Medicines Directive in Latvia