Our latest FMD guidance features some of the most relevant FMD alerts you may see, along with suggested guidance on how to respond.
The Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) is a huge project and it is important that during the initial period medicines are not unreasonably withheld from patients, unless there is a high degree of suspicion that the pack might be falsified.
At present, there are not many FMD-compliant packs in circulation. We know that some generic medicine packs that have a 2D data matrix are not actually FMD compliant packs (one indication is that they do not have an anti-tampering device).