The use of IVRS for expiry date handeling worries me if there is none on the box to double check against. There was a large Pharma sponsored trial that has had a serious breach in the last few years due to the fact that the drug was allocated to a patient even though it would expire during the scheduled treatment for the patient. As a pharmacist releasing a drug for use in a human subject - trial or not - and given this issue i have outlined it doesnt sit well with me professionally to give out a drug I cannot check the date of. I cant imagine that a licenesed drug would be given out with no expiry so why should a trial drug?

MHRA moderator - perhaps this can be fed back to the next consultation that occurs?