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While setting up the Lithuanian Medicines Verification Organization (NVVO) came with its challenges in the beginning, ever since its founding back in 2017 we have not swayed from our goal: to ensure the safety of medicines for patients.

LZVO (Latvijas Zāļu verifikācijas organizācija) releases newsletter No. 8, where you can find the most important information about events in the world of pharmaceutical verification in 2024 as well on the previous five years. Also our neighbors in Estonia sharing their experience story.

The European Medicines Verification System, operating since 2019 in accordance with the EU Directive and Delegated Regulation, is a comprehensive, pan-European system covering all EU and EEA countries, connecting 2,800 pharmaceutical companies, 4,000 wholesalers, 110,000 pharmacies and 6,000 hospital pharmacies online, including all Latvian end users.

Kamēr Eiropā turpinās izmeklēšana Ozempic gadījumā, arī ASV Pārtikas un zāļu pārvalde (FDA) turpina izmeklēt viltotu Ozempic (semaglutīda) injekciju 1 miligramu (mg) likumīgajā ASV zāļu piegādes ķēdē un ir konfiscējusi tūkstošiem produkta vienību.

The system is well accepted and implemented by all end users and by the Estonian NCA. The following is a brief overview of the different ways in which packaging is checked in Estonia and the way in which alerts are managed.

The Finnish medicine verification system, FiMVO has changed its system developer from the previous partner, Arvato GmbH, to Solidsoft Reply.