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Information to Patients - Major developments

10/12/2008 The European Commission adopts two legal proposals on the provison of information to patients .
26/5/2008

Outcome of the public consultation on the key elements of a legal proposal on information to patients

DG Enterprise and Industry conducted a public consultation between 5 February and 7 April 2008 on the key ideas of a legal proposal aiming at ensuring that all EU citizens have access to good-quality, objective, reliable and non-promotional information on prescription-only medicinal products.

A summary of the outcome of this consultation is available here.

Responses to the public consultation are available here.
5/02/2008 Commission launches a Public consultation on the key ideas of a legal proposal on information to patients

The ‘Report on current practices with regard to the provision of information to patients on medicinal products’, published on our website for public consultation in 2007, revealed the need to harmonise the way in which information on medicinal products is made available in the EU in order to ensure that all patients have equal access to information on medicinal products.

With this in mind, DG Enterprise and Industry invites you to give your opinion on the key ideas of a legal proposal aiming at ensuring that all EU citizens have access to good-quality, objective, reliable and non promotional information on prescription-only medicinal products.

Please click here to access the Consultation paper. (fr)

All responses to the public consultation should be sent by e-mail to ulla.narhi@ec.europa.eu by 7 April 2008.
20/12/2007 Communication from the Commission concerning the Report on current practices with regard to the provision of information to patients on medicinal products

The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council concerning the Report on current practices with regard to the provision of information to patients on medicinal products, in accordance with Article 88a of Directive 2001/83/EC, as amended by Directive 2004/27/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use COM(2007)862, has been adopted today and transmitted to the European Parliament and the Council.
The Communication is supported by a Commission Staff Working Document SEC(2007)1740.
All linguistic versions of the Communication COM(2007)862 are available here


The Commission Staff Working Document SEC(2007)1740 is available here.
19/10/2007 Outcome of the public consultation on a Draft report on current practices with regard to the provision of information to patients on medicinal products

DG Enterprise and Industry conducted a public consultation between 19 April and 30 June 2007 on a Draft report on current practices with regard to the provision of information to patients on medicinal products, as required under Article 88a of Directive 2001/83/EC, as amended by Directive 2004/27/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use.
A summary of the outcome of this consultation is available here.
19/4/2007 Consultation on the Draft report on current practices with regard to the provision of information to patients on medicinal products

DG Enterprise and Industry launches a public consultation on a Draft report on current practices with regard to the provision of information to patients on medicinal products, as required under Article 88a of Directive 2001/83/EC, as amended by Directive 2004/27/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use

For the consultation document click here.

We invite comments on the document to be sent to entr-pharmaceuticals@ec.europa.eu until 30 June 2007