Messages in brief
Campaign on children's medicines
Children's health depends to a large extent on the availability of appropriate medicines. Half of the medicines used to treat 100 million children and…
NIS regulation in force as of 01.09.2010
In Federal Law Gazette II No. 180/2010, the Federal Minister of Health made use of the power to issue an ordinance pursuant to Section 48 (3) AMG and…
Risks associated with supports and support arms
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) / AGES PharmMed provides information on holders and carrier arms.
Wall mountsAuser in Austria…
Questionnaire for the implementation of the Medical Device Operator V
According to § 68 of the Medical Devices Act (MPG), Federal Law Gazette No. 657/1996, last amended by Federal Law Gazette I No. 143/2009, the Federal…
No restriction of Rotarix and Rotateq
On March 17, 2010, the marketing authorization holder (GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, GSK) informed the European Medicines Agency (EMA) that the oral…
Cancellation of marketing authorization for bufexamac-containing proprietary medicinal products
Based on a re-evaluation of the safety and efficacy data, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency…
Changed procedure for slot allocation for DC procedures
AGES PharmMed receives a large number of requests for decentralized procedures (DCP) and mutual recognition procedures (MRP) to act as procedure…
Generic Clopidogrel Replacement
On March 29, 2010, the delivery of generic drugs containing Clopidogrel, which used the active ingredient of the supplier Glochem Industries Ltd.,…
Chapter 7 update
The update of the general data for Austria was sent to the European Commission on 03.03.2010. The last update was in July 2008. Since the updated…
Medical Devices Act Amendment (MPG) 2009
On March 21, 2010, an amendment to the Medical Devices Act (MPG) (Federal Law Gazette I No. 143/2009 of December 30, 2009) will come into force.…
