Notifications about medicines to healthcare professionals
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New rules for personal import of medicines to Denmark as of 1 January 2026
| 11 December 2025 |
As of 1 January 2026, private individuals may legally import medicines to Denmark from any country. The medicine must have been sold legally, and you may only import medicines for personal use. The change does not apply to antibiotics, doping substances and medicines con-taining euphoriant substances.
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First common Nordic packages in English approved
| 20 March 2025 |
The first two common Nordic medicinal products with texts in English have just been approved for use in all Nordic countries, following a pilot that was launched to make the small Nordic markets more attractive and to improve the supply of important medicines.
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Suspicion of rare eye condition from Ozempic use to be investigated further
| 17 January 2025 |
The Danish Medicines Agency will request the European Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Commit-tee, PRAC, to assess two new Danish register-based studies from the University of Southern Denmark. The studies point to a potential increased risk of a rare eye condition, NAION, in patients receiving the diabetes medicine Ozempic.
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EU one step closer to electronic product information
| 16 January 2025 |
In 2023-2024, the Danish Medicines Agency participated in a pilot set to pave the way for using electronic product information (ePI) in favour of the printed package leaflets provided in the medicine package and the printed product information for healthcare professionals.