News from the Danish Medicines Agency
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Nils Falk Bjerregaard new Director General of the Danish Medicines Agency
| 03 October 2024 |
The Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health has appointed Medical Director Nils Falk Bjerregaard as Director General of the Danish Medicines Agency as of 1 November 2024.
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New regulations on Stockpiling of Critical Medicines effective on July 1 2024
| 01 July 2024 |
It will soon be mandatory for companies behind the most critical medicines to maintain stocks to cover initially six weeks’ consumption and to report stocks regularly to the Danish Medicines Agency. The affected companies will have six months to prepare for compliance, and, in August, the Danish Medicines Agency is holding information meetings about the new rules.
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Danish Medicines Agency establishes that chronic urticaria could be a side effect of the Spikevax vaccine
| 05 April 2024 |
The European Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has reassessed if chronic urticaria could be a side effect after vaccination with the Spikevax vaccine from Moderna. This follows a review from the Danish Medicines Agency, which has investigated data and reports from patients across the European countries.