Medicine Authenticity through EU FMD and Use of EPOS

The growing risk of falsified medicine has led mending strict laws against their supply. rnFalsified medicine is fake drugs often disguised as authentic and real, but they contain poor quality or inappropriate strength of the active ingredient. These are wrong dosage which are risky for health when consumed. They have not been evaluated properly for their quality, safety and efficacy. rnEuropean Union (EU) had taken measures against the global risk of falsified medicines and securing their circulation in market. A catalogue had been made through European medicines verification organization (EMVO) for advancing European medicine verification system (EMVS). As a result, a directive 2011/62/EU known as falsified medicine directive (FMD) came into effect to prevent the entry of falsified medicine in legal chain. Infiltration and circulation of falsified medicine is major threat to patient health. This feature ensured implementation of functional, secure, and cost-effective medicine circulation across Europe and also regulated new rules to pharmaceutical companies. rnLegal framework by EMVS: EU FMD: • Safety feature include a unique identifier (UI) which is a 2D data matrix (barcode)andrn• An anti-tempering device (ATD) on the outer packaging of medicine. rnPharmaceutical manufacturing companies, wholesalers, retailers across Europe use a system based on shared database and tamper-proof packages with barcodes for this legal process by Eu Falsified Medicines Directivefor quality control. rnFor this critical operation specially designed software, Epos is used to maintain all record. Epos system is widely used in UK pharmacies and chemists. It helps in smart management of transactions, sales and orders. An Epos System Software is combination of hardware and specially designed software for retailers and suppliers. • It contains a touch screen monitor and solid-state drive integrated with Epos software. • Chemist and druggist (C&D) name are integrated into it. • C&D allows adding up more than 80 thousand products list into the back office. • Vital information like pricing description and packaging is updated automatically by the software. • It automatically generates barcodes for new products that are required as per guidelines under FMD. • It can add thousands of products weekly, with their price and description whenever the C&D database changes. • Other features:rnCard processing through broad band connection,rnEasy management of orders, sale and transactions,rnControlled refunds, product updates, rnStock management,rnEnable online ordering,rnE-commerce,rnReal time stocktaking. This is a clever system that can handle multiple branches with E-commerce, and generate orders when you need them therefore, automatic stocking. rnSo it really proves good in seasons of antibiotics and cold weather medicines when stock runs out. rnIt has barcode scanner, which prevent the circulation and detection of any falsified medicine. Only prescribed drugs and medicines are updated and thus, it is in accordance to the guidelines. It is therefore committed to high quality and reliable pharmacy service.