Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 94404
Drugs: Labelling
Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025
Question
Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of smartphone-enabled barcode scanning in the verification of medicines.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedNo assessment of the impact of the disapplication of the EU Falsified Medicines Directive (EU FMD) on the United Kingdom’s medicine supply chain has been made by the Department. However, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is no...
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