Product Licence Number
Identifier on the packaging of medicines
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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.[1] This code will normally remain the same despite the varying marketing and branding of the companies selling it, this means for example two sets of packaging that look different (say a "big brand" and a shops "own brand") can be easily identified as actually being exactly the same product inside.[2]
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| Acronym | PL code |
|---|---|
| Organization | |
| Example | PL 34985/0004 |
| Website | products |
The code itself is issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency[3] in the UK and the European Medicines Agency.[4]
