Medicine packaging pictograms in the context of the electronic product information (ePI) proposal
| Autor: | Violeta Getova, Ilko Getov |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Public health media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) medicine.disease International Health Regulations Clinical trial Editorial Agency (sociology) Pharmacovigilance Health care Medicine Quality (business) Medical emergency General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Electronics business Drug Packaging media_common Drug Labeling |
| Zdroj: | Eur J Hosp Pharm |
| ISSN: | 2047-9956 |
| Popis: | Contemporary drug regulations and pharmacovigilance have to search constantly for innovative ways to improve the quality of drug safety information offered to the public, patients and medical specialists. The problem of reliability of information is well known in healthcare, and has become especially current in the age of the internet and COVID-19.1 During the last decade, many approaches have been adopted in order to assist both patients and healthcare specialists in matters regarding medicinal products. One recent example is the development of the Medical Terms Simplifier introduced by the European Medcines Agency (EMA) following the inclusion of patients in the spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions in 2012 and the introduction of ad hoc public hearings during referrals of drug safety in 2017. It is a compilation of terms to be used in delivery of user-friendly drug information.2 All this points to greater patient involvement in treatment decisions. To benefit from these tools, patient awareness and compliance with treatment is key. A study conducted in Bulgaria showed that those using medicine on a daily basis were less informed on adverse drug reactions than respondents who used medicines only occasionally. In addition, participants in this survey did not recognise … Correspondence to Dr Violeta Getova, Pharmacovigilance and Clinical Trials, Bulgarian Drug Agency, Sofia, Bulgaria; violeta.getova{at}gmail.com |
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