Product Licence Number

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Product Licence Number
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AcronymPL code
Organization
Example PL 34985/0004
Website products.mhra.gov.uk

A Product Licence Number (or PL code for short) is a unique identifier on the packaging of medicines, used to uniquely identify the product. [1] This code will normally remain the same despite the varying marketing and branding of the companies selling it, this means for example two sets of packaging that look different (say a "big brand" and a shops "own brand") can be easily identified as actually being exactly the same product inside. [2]

The code itself is issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency [3] in the UK and the European Medicines Agency. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "What's in a product licence number?". Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin. 18 (15): 60. 1980-07-18. ISSN   0012-6543. PMID   7408636.
  2. ↑ "Martin Lewis: A drugs bust - stop letting big pharmaceuticals rip you off!". MoneySavingExpert.com. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  3. ↑ "Marketing authorisations: lists of granted licences". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  4. ↑ "Product Licences - UK MHRA, MCA and EMA | MPA Business Services". mpasearch.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-28.


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