The CD-P-PH/CMED has drafted a Council of Europe recommendation addressing issues related to the theft, loss and diversion of medicines from the legal supply chain. The recommendation highlights the need to set up reporting, information sharing and data collection mechanisms in this context, preferably under the guidance of the national competent authority for medicines. It further emphasises the importance of co-operation, since it is recognised that efforts to address and prevent disappearances of medicines cannot be successful if they are not undertaken jointly with law enforcement authorities and other stakeholders. 

Recommendation CM/Rec(2024)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on reporting of disappearances of medicinal products for human and veterinary use from the legal supply chain was adopted by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on 10 April 2024.

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