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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Frost renews call to exclude medicines from Northern Ireland Brexit rules

A ‘no entry’ sign near Stormont.
Stormont. British rules from December may require separate licences and packaging for medicines in Northern Ireland, which could deter suppliers. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

David Frost has renewed calls for medicines to be excluded from Brexit trading rules in Northern Ireland amid claims that supplies could be threatened in December when regulation of pharmaceuticals in the UK further diverges from the EU.

He described the much-praised fix put in place by the EU last year to ensure the continued long term supply of medicine supplies as “Heath Robinson” and said the issue needed addressing further.

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