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The European Court of Justice decided that the situation when a Member State sets uniform prices of prescription only medicines is contrary to EU law as it restricts the free movement of goods and competition.

In its judgment of 16 September 2016 (ref. no.: VI SA/Wa 288/16), the Voivodship Administrative Court in Warsaw decided that the fact that on the day of the submission of an application for obtaining a permit to operate a pharmacy at a given location there is another pharmacy operated at such location does not constitute any obstacle to considering such application.

• withdrawal of cosmetics from pharmacies;
• introduction of the so-called drug issue charge (a fixed charge received by pharmacies for issuing drugs to patients which is to be paid by patients themselves; seniors, children, pregnant women and people with disabilities would be exempt from this obligation);

We are pleased to announce the new publication of a Legal Advisor Magdalena Wawrzyniak and Łukasz Boszko Bar Trainee in the latest Pharmacy’s Manager Information Bulletin (No. 55/2016) which describes the powers Controllers

Guidelines for the implementation of specific conditions for health claims laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. The Official Journal of the European Commission published the COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 24 January