Non-prescription Medicines in EU: Distribution Channels, Pharmacy-only Status and the Next Generation of Medicines Under European Centralized Switch

Background NPM market is growing at higher rates than the average pharmaceutical market. In Portugal, non-prescription medicines (NPM) are available, since 2005, outside pharmacies and there is no list Pharmacy-Only Medicines (POM). The first centralized switch (orlistat) opened the door for a new...

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Main Authors: I Teixeira, S Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Formifarma, LDA. 2019-12-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Farmacoterapia
Online Access:http://revista.farmacoterapia.pt/index.php/rpf/article/view/249