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In order for patients to receive only safe medicines, pharmacies and health care institutions in the first nine months of 2021 have checked in the verification system and handed over 19 million packages of medicines to residents in Latvia.

Inese Erdmane, Chairwoman of the Board at LZVO share insights of the Latvian medicine’s verification process with Dansk Medicin Verifikation Organisation Newsletter.

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.