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Product Licence Number

Product Licence Number

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A Product Licence Number (or PL code for short) is a unique identifier on the packaging of medicines, used to uniquely identify the product. This code will normally remain the same despite the varying marketing and branding of the companies selling it.[1]

Photo of the packaging of four medicines showing their Product Licence Number

The code itself is issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency[2] in the UK and the European Medicines Agency.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Martin Lewis: A drugs bust - stop letting big pharmaceuticals rip you off!". MoneySavingExpert.com. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  2. [2]
    "Marketing authorisations: lists of granted licences". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  3. [3]
    "Product Licences - UK MHRA, MCA and EMA | MPA Business Services". mpasearch.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-28.


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