Definitions
Provides information on terms such as 'safety alerts' and 'black triangles'
SmPC stands for Summary of Product Characteristics. An SmPC is used by healthcare professionals - such as doctors, nurses, and pharmacists - and...
Thu, 18 May, 2023 at 4:11 PM
PIL stands for Patient Information Leaflet - also known as a Package Leaflet (PL). It is the leaflet that is included in the pack with a medi...
Thu, 18 May, 2023 at 4:20 PM
For some medicines, the pharmaceutical company has a regulatory obligation to produce information for healthcare professionals and/or patients that will m...
Thu, 18 May, 2023 at 4:32 PM
Some Summaries of Product Characteristics (SmPCs) and Patient Information Leaflets (PILs) have an inverted black triangle symbol displayed at the top ...
Thu, 18 May, 2023 at 4:34 PM
Discontinued products are medicines that are no longer marketed Pharmaceutical companies will often leave their SmPCs and PILs for discontinued medic...
Thu, 18 May, 2023 at 4:39 PM
Side effects, also known as adverse drug reactions (ADRs), are unwanted symptoms that are linked with taking a medicine. They can range from mild - fo...
Thu, 18 May, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Occasionally, the medicines regulators - European Medicines Agency (EMA) or Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) - issue specific ...
Thu, 18 May, 2023 at 4:42 PM