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Notice on potential risk of cracks in vials of Augmentin 1000 mg + 200 mg powder for solution for injection or infusion (amoxicillin, clavulanic acid)

27.10.2014

GlaxoSmithKline, the marketing authorisation for Augmentin 1000 mg + 200 mg powder for solution for injection or infusion (amoxicillin, clavulanic acid), has notified the Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (HALMED) on the potential incident of cracks of these medicine.

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EMA ready to start assessment of Ebola vaccines and treatments as soon as data are made available

23.10.2014

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced today in a press release that it was ready to start assessment of Ebola vaccines and treatments as soon as data were made available.

Over last several months the Agency has established a system that provides the best possible scientific advice to companies working currently on development of potential vaccines and/or treatments for fighting the Ebola virus. The Agency has also established a form of rolling review that allows experts to continuously assess incoming data and develop increasingly robust scientific opinions based on the additional data provided during the process.

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Workshop on OTC medicines: The Role of Good Classification Practices in Promoting Medication Safety and Accessibility in Europe

22.10.2014

The workshop “The Role of Good Classification Practices in Promoting Medication Safety and Accessibility in Europe” will be organised by the Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (HALMED) and European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Healthcare (EDQM) from 20 to 21 November 2014 in Zagreb.
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Head of the Croatian Agency at the 37th Annual Meeting of representatives of the National Centres participating in the WHO Programme for International drug Monitoring

20.10.2014

The 37th Annual Meeting of representatives of the National Centres participating in the WHO Programme for International drug Monitoring was held from 14-17 October 2014 in Tianjin, China. This meeting was jointly organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), WHO’s collaborative centre for adverse reaction monitoring, Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC), Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA). The Head of the Croatian Agency, Viola Macolić Šarinić, MD, PhD and her co-workers also participated at the meeting. The meeting was attended by some 200 representatives of National centres from 54 countries worldwide participating in the programme.
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Summaries of Risk Management Plans

20.10.2014

The Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical devices (HALMED) is publishing on its webpages Summaries of Risk Management Plans
The summary of risk management plan is information on risks of use of an individual medicinal product written in a simple and comprehensible manner and proved and verified from the relevant competent authority. The summary of risk management plan is intended to healthcare professionals and patients or their carers who want relevant and evidenced based information on the most important risks associated with use of a certain medicine.

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New category on medicinal product status in the medicinal product database on the HALMED webpages

20.10.2014

The Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (HALMED) has included in its medicinal product database on its webpages, a new category “Medicinal product is placed on the market in Croatia”. Every medicinal product in this database, in this field, depending on its status on the market may be allocated values like Yes, No, Shortage, Permanent discontinuation in the supply chain or Temporary discontinuation in the supply chain. The database may be searched by using one of these criteria.
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