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Falsified medicinal products pose a real threat to the entire pharmaceutical system in Europe since, apart from the danger patients are exposed to by taking such products, this results in a decline in the general public’s confidence in the quality of the medicinal products available in pharmacies. The number of falsified medicinal products is rising extremely rapidly in the EU. They may contain inferior or falsified ingredients, or they may not contain any at all or their doses may be incorrect. Although the scale of this problem is still relatively minor in Europe, unlike in other regions, I voted for this report as I think that there are a number of factors indicating the need for measures to be adopted promptly at EU level. The new directive will include penalties imposed on the manufacturers of counterfeit medicines, enhanced safety regulations and a verification system whose aim is to prevent dangerous medicinal products reaching the European market.
One encouraging aspect is that the European Parliament has successfully added to the European Commission’s proposal the regulation of the sale of these products via the Internet, which is the main channel for introducing counterfeit medicines into the EU market."@en1
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