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From 1 January 2025, Northern Ireland will fully withdraw from the European Medicines Verification System

From 1 January 2025, new rules on the labelling and packaging of medicines will come into effect across the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, under the Windsor Framework. These rules will prohibit prescription medicines in Northern Ireland from being labelled with European Union (EU) safety features. The requirements of the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) for medicines marketed and supplied in Northern Ireland will no longer apply.

FiMVO changed system supplier successfully – a first it’s kind

2023. gada beigās Somijas Zāļu verifikācijas organizācija (FiMVO) nomainīja zāļu verifikācijas sistēmas (FiMVS) piegādātāju. Piegādātājs tika nomainīts no Arvato uz Solidsoft Reply (SSR). Šī pārmaiņa bija pirmais šāda veida gadījums Eiropas Zāļu verifikācijas sistēmas (EMVS) ekosistēmā. Tā iezīmēja nozīmīgu brīdi FiMVO misijā nodrošināt farmaceitiskās piegādes ķēdes integritāti un drošību Somijā.

The Chairwoman of the Board of LZVO has been re-elected as an Observer within EMVO’s Board

On May 23, at the European Medicines Verification Organisation’s (EMVO) General Assembly meeting, the NMVO Observers within EMVO’s Board for 2024 from the National Medicines Verification Organizations (NMVOs) were approved. Latvian Medicines Verification Organisation (LZVO) and its Chairwoman of the Board Inese Erdmane were re-elected as observers for the second consecutive year, representing the small countries group.