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<p>The trade and distribution of drugs or medicines (the two terms are used interchangeably in the paper) has been evolving throughout the history of European pharmacy. In order to ensure that EU citizens are safe, certain legislative measures had to be taken to prevent the illegal trade in drugs. The problem that affects the Polish pharmaceutical market is the illegal export of medicines. The article attempts to analyse the so-called reverse drug distribution, doing so by employing the dogmatic legal method. The paper ends with <italic>de lege ferenda</italic> suggestions.</p>
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The trade and distribution of drugs or medicines (the two terms are used interchangeably in the paper) has been evolving throughout the history of European pharmacy. In order to ensure that EU citizens are safe, certain legislative measures had to be taken to prevent the illegal trade in drugs. The problem that affects the Polish pharmaceutical market is the illegal export of medicines. The article attempts to analyse the so-called reverse drug distribution, doing so by employing the dogmatic legal method. The paper ends with de lege ferenda suggestions.

Reverse drug distribution in Poland

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The trade and distribution of drugs or medicines (the two terms are used interchangeably in the paper) has been evolving throughout the history of European...

Reverse drug distribution in Poland

Published Online: Oct 08, 2021

Page range: 149 - 153

Received: Apr 20, 2021

Accepted: Aug 20, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cipms-2021-0028

Keywords
drug trade, medicine trade, pharmaceutical crime, pharmaceutical wholesaler, retail pharmacy

© 2021 Marek Stych et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Reverse drug distribution in Poland

Published Online: Oct 08, 2021

Page range: 149 - 153

Received: Apr 20, 2021

Accepted: Aug 20, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cipms-2021-0028

Keywordsdrug trade, medicine trade, pharmaceutical crime, pharmaceutical wholesaler, retail pharmacy

© 2021 Marek Stych et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
drug trade, medicine trade, pharmaceutical crime, pharmaceutical wholesaler, retail pharmacy