Poland transposes EU Braille format requirements for drug packaging
This article was originally published in RAJ Devices
Executive Summary
As of 1 November 2008, marketing authorisation holders in Poland will be required to use the Braille format on human drugs packaging. The Polish ministry of health has already started a consultation process on the draft decree introducing the change, which is a result of amendments made in the EU pharmaceutical legislation in 2004. Recently, the ministry also issued a separate decree concerning the labeling of veterinary medicines. To date, packaging requirements for human and veterinary drugs have been regulated in one decree, which was adopted in 2002.