The role of the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) is to protect and enhance public and animal health by regulating medicines, medical devices and other health products.

Under our enforcement programme: pg. 23

– The HPRA detained 1,610,295 dosage units (including tablets, capsules and vials) of falsified and other illegal medicines in 2020, compared to 1,018,678 dosage units in 2019. The products detained included sedatives (36%), erectile dysfunction medicines (30%), analgesics (9%) and anabolic steroids (6%). 8,043 enforcement cases were initiated, compared to 6,167 in the previous year.