Illegal medicine seizures rise 19%

UNAUTHORISED medicines continue to pose a serious danger to human health as over 3,700 breaches of medicinal product legislation were detected last year.

Tue, 29 Jun, 2010 - 01:00
Sean McCarthaigh

The Irish Medicines Board initiated 3,729 enforcement cases in relation to human medicines during 2009 – the majority of which related to the importation of prescription-only medicine via mail order.

The total amount of unauthorised medicines seized last year represents a 19% rise on 2008 figures.

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