HEALTH : EXEC ADOPTSaCODE OF PRACTICE FOR CROSS-BORDER PRESCRIPTIONS.

• Position: Brief article

A medical prescription delivered in a member state will soon be recognised throughout the EU. The European Commission adopted, on 20 December 2012, an implementing directive on a minimum list of elements to be included in a medical prescription taken by a patient travelling from one EU country to another. These new provisions - which introduce a common set of descriptive elements to help identify prescribers, patients and prescribed products - are limited to cross-border prescriptions...