European Union
- May 2: The European Medicines Verification Organisation (EMVO) reports that the overall EMVS alert rate is declining, with a 0.26% rate being recorded in Week 13.
Ecuador
- May 2: The Agencia Nacional de Regulación, Control y Vigilancia Sanitaria (ARCSA) has stated that they will be communicating new dates for the traceability system and for the traceability deadlines. The previously stated deadline was March 26, 2021 for the system guidelines to be published and 26 May 26, 2021 for Phase 1 traceability for products in the public sector.
Ethiopia
- May 2: At the GS1 Summit held April 20 – 22, the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) presented their launch of their master data guidelines and plans for lot-level traceability. New timelines will be released.
Lebanon
- May 2: The Ministry of Public Health is requiring importers and distributors to use the MediTrack information system as of April 5, 2021 for importation and sales.
Libya
- May 2: The Minister of Economy and Trade has founded a committee to establish a “National Project for a Pharmaceutical Verification System.”
Nigeria
- May 2: At the GS1 Summit held April 20 – 22, The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) communicated that they will be issuing master data guidelines soon. Currently no legal requirements in place for traceability, though there is a “5 Year Plan.”
