Pharmacists' views on the impact of the Falsified Medicines Directive on community pharmacies: A cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) was implemented to minimise the circulation of falsified medicines in the legal pharmaceutical supply chain. Whilst pharmacists are involved in the final step of the FMD requirements with the decommissioning of medicines at the point of supply to patients, limited research has been conducted to investigate the impact of fulfilling these requirements on the relevant stakeholders.

Objective

To examine community pharmacists' views on how the FMD has affected their practice.

Methods

An online survey was disseminated via email in June 2020 to pharmacists in Ireland (n = 4727), who were invited to participate if practising full time or part time in community pharmacies. Quantitative data were captured through multipl

SUBMITTER: Dalton K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9030319 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature