The HSE intends to establish new contracts with United Drug (Wholesale) Limited and Uniphar Wholesale Limited to provide a barcode aggregation service for medicines subject to Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) that are…
supplied to hospital pharmacies. Due to technical, legal, and operational constraints, only these wholesalers can perform aggregation on their own stock, making a competitive tender impractical and justifying a negotiated procedure under EU Directive 2014/24/EU. FMD requires packs of medicines subj
ect to this legislation to be uniquely identified (serialised), verified, and decommissioned before use, ensuring authenticity, traceability, and patient safety. However, scanning every individual pack creates significant workload in hospit