Notifications about medicines to healthcare professionals
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Applications for compassionate use permits on weekdays between Christmas and New Year
| 28 November 2023 |
The Danish Medicines Agency is closed between Christmas and New Year, up to and including 1 January 2024. During this period, we will, however, handle urgent applications for compassionate use permits (applications for dispensing of non-marketed medicines).
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2023 deadline for submitting applications concerning marketing authorisations and clinical trials
| 13 November 2023 |
The deadline for submitting applications concerning marketing authorisations and clinical trials is December 20, 2023. The Danish Medicines Agency is closed for the Holiday Season, from December 23, 2023, until January 1, 2024, both days included. Applications concerning marketing authorisations and amendments to clinical trials need to be submitted before December 20, 2023. We will consider applications submitted after December 20, 2023, as they have been received January 2, 2024.
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First electronic product information published for medicines
| 09 November 2023 |
Four EU countries – including Denmark – have published the first versions of digital product information for selected medicines. A pilot initiative is right now testing the use of digital product information for medicines used by citizens and healthcare professionals throughout the EU.
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More reports at the beginning of the vaccination programme, but no suspicion of safety differences between COVID-19 vaccine batches
| 01 November 2023 |
A new analysis from the Danish Medicines Agency shows that the number of reports of suspected side effects after vaccination with COVID-19 vaccines is highly related to the time the individual vaccine batches were used.