From 1 July anybody in the UK selling medicines online to the general public needs to be registered with the MHRA and to be on the MHRA’s list of UK registered online retail sellers.
The MHRA states:
The registered EU common logo will contain a hyperlink to their entry in the MHRA’s list of registered online sellers.
Anybody buying medicines online can check if the website is legitimately registered and will be able to click on the logo which will take them through to a list of approved sellers.
This is a different scheme to the voluntary logo run by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). The EU common logo is a legal requirement across Europe whilst the GPhC run a voluntary logo scheme which is applicable only to registered pharmacies.
Under the rules of the new scheme the medicine being offered online must be licensed in the member state where the member of public who buys the medicine is based.
The person selling the medicine must be legally entitled to sell medicine to the public in accordance with UK medicines legislation.
Registered pharmacies can sell general sales list medicine, pharmacy medicine or supply prescription-only medicine that they have dispensed against a prescription. All other general retailers can only sell general sales list products.
The penalty for selling medicines online without being registered and not displaying the logo is up to 2 years in prison or a fine or both."
For further details, see UK Government.
Posted by Tim Sandle
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