Notifications about medicines to healthcare professionals
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The Danish Medicines Agency will be closed on 22 May 2020
| 18 May 2020 |
The Danish Medicines Agency will be closed on 22 May 2020, the day after Ascension Day. However, we process urgent applications for compassionate use permits (applications for dispensing of non-marketed medicines manufactured by pharmaceutical companies).
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Compassionate use permit for Remdesivir
| 05 May 2020 |
The Danish Medicines Agency would like to inform you that it is possible to apply for a general compassionate use permit for Remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 patients who cannot be included in one of the protocol-based clinical trials that are currently being conducted in Denmark.
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EMA clarifies use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
| 02 April 2020 |
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine must only be used for COVID-19 in clinical trials or national emergency use programmes in COVID-19 patients whose condition is critical, says the European Medicines Agency, EMA.
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Henstilling om, hvordan præparatet remdesivir skal bruges til behandling af COVID-19 i såkaldt compassionate use-programs i EU
Under et ekstraordinært møde, der blev afholdt den 2. april 2020, gav det europæiske medicinalagentur EMA's humane lægemiddeludvalg (CHMP) henstillinger om, hvordan præparatet remdesivir skal bruges til behandling af COVID-19 i såkaldt compassionate use-programs i EU, dvs. via udleveringstilladelser.