title: [Repackaging drugs in pill-box in France: an illegal activity for pharmacists?].
abstract: Drug repackaging in pill-box by pharmacists is booming since few years. However, repackaging processes needed to open the industrially primary packaging will be found illegal in France. Thus, in this country drug repacking remains legal only by overwrapping medicines. Now, this solution is not applicable for example, with divisible or liquid forms. Therefore, packaging recommendations must be taken immediately in order to preserve the quality of drugs dispensed and to obtain a legalization of this activity.
authors.affiliation: Service pharmacie, centre hospitalier de Villefranche-sur-Saône, France. hallouard@lagep.univ-lyon1.fr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hallouard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bourdelin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fessi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bontemps
mesh_terms: D004345:Drug Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004349:Drug Packaging / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005602:France; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital