News about Licensing and supervision
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New clinical trial regulation under way
| 12 January 2016 |
New EU Clinical Trial Regulation has been postponed until 2018
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Updating of summaries of product characteristics due to changed ATC codes for 2016
| 07 January 2016 |
Marketing authorisation holders of medicinal products authorised under the national procedure, the decentralised procedure as well as the mutual recognition procedure should be aware that some ATC codes have been changed for 2016.
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The Danish Medicines Agency has a new website
| 04 January 2016 |
Today, the Danish Medicines Agency launched its new website – laegemiddelstyrelsen.dk/en – where you can read about and subscribe to news about licensing and supervision of medicines, side effects, reimbursement, pharmacies and medical devices.
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Voluntary Harmonisation Procedure (VHP) for the assessment of multinational clinical trial applications
| 09 July 2013 |
The Voluntary Harmonisation Procedure is a procedure which makes it possible to obtain a coordinated assessment of an application for a clinical trial that is to take place in several European countries.
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Painkillers to be prescription only in Denmark from 30 September 2013
| 28 May 2013 |
The Danish Health and Medicines Authority has decided that large packs of mild painkillers will be prescription-only in Denmark from 30 September 2013. From this date, it will only be possible to buy small packs of mild painkillers over the counter. There will be no changes to dispensing status of the medicines that can be bought over the counter after 30 September.
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Painkillers to be prescription only in Denmark
| 08 April 2013 |
In Denmark, it will soon only be possible to buy large packs of mild painkillers when prescribed by a doctor. The aim is to reduce poisoning incidents and the need for liver transplants.
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COVID-19: Restriction on OTC medicines lifted
The Danish Medicines Agency lifts the restriction on over-the-counter (OTC), which has been in force since March. This means that pharmacies, supermarkets, kiosks and others with permission to sell OTC medicines can resume selling more than one pack of the same type of OTC medicine per customer.
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Fra 1. september 2025 vil Lægemiddelstyrelsen anmode om at modtage bioækvivalensdata i CDISC-format
From September 1, 2025 the Danish Medicines Agency will request submission of bioequivalence data in CDISC format Based on a pilot study conducted by the Danish Medicines Agency during 2023 an
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Combined studies with a clinical trial and a performance study: Sponsors now have the opportunity to apply for approval through a national coordinated application process
The Danish Medicines Agency, in collaboration with Danish Medical Research Ethics Committees, has developed a new guideline on a national coordinated application process for combined studies with a cl
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Proposal for SPC harmonisation of a veterinary medicinal product
According to Article 69-72 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, National Competent Authorities (NCAs) as well as Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) may propose harmonisation of the SPCs of Reference Veterin