Illegal imports of medicinal products: simplified procedure proves its worth
Bern, 5.3.2020 - Number of confiscated shipments more than doubled In 2019, Swissmedic – working together with the Swiss Federal Customs Administration (FCA) – seized 7,781 illegal imports of medicinal products. Thanks to a fast-track (‘simplified’) administrative procedure that has now been introduced definitively, the number of confiscations doubled compared with the previous year even though the volume of imports remained the same. Counterfeit and illegally imported medicinal products are a major health hazard.