As part of the TAIEX study visit, representatives of the State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drugs Control visited the laboratory of the Czech State Institute for Drug Control (SÚKL).
Laboratory control is carried out by the Laboratory Control Section of the Institute in accordance with the requirements established by the Czech legislation on medicines. The laboratory is involved in the detection of substandard medicines, laboratory control of pharmacy samples in case of suspected counterfeit and illegal medicines.
Since 1995, the laboratory units of the Laboratory Control Section have been active members of GEON, the international network of OMCL (Official Medicines Control Laboratories) under the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM).