Pharmacotherapy of unlicensed medicines prepared and distributed by Dutch pharmacies

Introduction and objective In the Netherlands, preparing and distributing pharmacies (PDPs) are taking over a large proportion of pharmacy preparations. PDPs prepare and distribute medicinal products to dispensing pharmacies. Many pharmacies have stopped pharmacy preparation. However, this contravenes the Dutch Medicines Act and the European Union (EU) Directive 2001/83/EC on which Dutch law is based. This is because the medicinal products of PDPs are unlicensed and PDPs do not have a manufacturing licence. Methods To solve the conflict with the Dutch Medicines Act, PDPs have since 2007 been a... Mehr ...