Illegal trade in medicines

We monitor the following

The inspectorate monitors what companies and individuals do. To do so, we use:  

• reports of citizens and companies to the inspectorate;  
• signals from data analysis on trade in medicines; 
• illegal trade found by other parties such as customs or police.

Within administrative law, we also monitor authorised trading. A key objective here is to keep medicines and active ingredients 'clean'. This means without illegal or counterfeit products.

Joint monitoring

We cooperate with other organisations monitoring the illegal trade in medicines. They work in other legal frameworks or focus on other elements. The Customs authorities monitor imports and exports, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NWVA) monitors veterinary medicines, and the Public Prosecution Service deals with illegal trade as a matter of criminal law.