The descriptions of side effects given in the package leaflets supplied with medication are often difficult for patients to understand. According to an online study conducted by the Max Planck ...

RFID Journal LIVE! 2023 will feature end-user companies discussing RFID’s use in various industries, including pharmaceuticals, as well as exhibitors offering tagging solutions for multiple ...

The Commission’s proposal to digitise the leaflets comes with the addition that if they are only available electronically, “the patient’s right to a printed copy of the package leaflet should be ...

A patient information leaflet is a technical document included in every medicine package to offer written information about the medication. Patient information leaflets (PILs) are provided by the ...

The European Commission's proposed pharmaceutical strategy leaves it to the countries to decide whether the medicine information leaflet is in paper format electronic, or both. However, moving ...

Users of medicines know the problem: package leaflets are usually confusing, long and difficult to understand. Once unfolded, it’s also difficult to put them neatly back into the packaging. Faller ...

The European Medicines Agency has updated the template for package leaflets to make the information easier for patients to understand. The European Medicines Agency has updated the template for ...

Dreieich, 10 September 2020. Biotest is now one of the first plasma protein manufacturers to provide digital package leaflets for all products in Germany. They can be accessed both online and via an ...

Research conducted in the UK by the University of Leeds and Luto Research shows that many commonly-used phrases on medicine labels are easily misunderstood. Editor's Note: This article is part of a ...

The study was approved by the research ethics committee of the University of Witten/Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Out of 43 patients recruited by their GPs, 35 (9 women) agreed to ...