Belgium - Medicine Shortages
- 03/02/2020
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The Belgian Official Journal publishes today a Law of 20 December 2019 modifying various laws to tackle medicine shortages (Wet van 20 december 2019 tot wijziging van diverse wetgevingen wat de tekorten aan geneesmiddelen betreft/Loi du 20 décembre 2020 modifiant diverses législations, en ce qui concerne les pénuries de medicaments – the Law).
For a summary of the Law’s key features, we refer to the Van Bael & Bellis Life Sciences Newsflash of 20 December 2019.
The Royal Decrees that will complement the Law have not yet been published. We understand this still may take some time.
The Law will enter into force on 13 February 2020 (i.e., 10 days following its publication in the Belgian Official Journal), with the exception of Articles 2 and 4 that started to apply on 31 January 2020.