Mr Karsten Jørgensen
Danish Medicines Agency, Denmark

This presentation covers both the Danish Medicines Agency web site (www.dkma.dk), which is in English and Danish, and the web site of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) (http://www.emea.eu.int/).

On the Danish Medicines Agency web site, there is information about the Agency, medicinal products, pharmaceutical companies (an application form for pharmaceutical companies to register products, fees and payment), reimbursement, pharmacy and non-prescription products (pharmacy licensing, pharmacy reimbursement, distributors), e-commerce (medicinal products and customs regulations), extensive statistical information (statistics on medicinal products, a price index for medicinal products, consumption analyses), and medical devices. There is also an explanation of how to handle e-business (with a short introduction) and active feedback where visitors can ask questions, e.g., whether buying a certain medicine through the web is legal. All Legal Acts are on one web page.

“If you want people to comply with your regulations, you have to make them readily available.”

Discussion and comments

Is the daily defined dose (DDD) related to price? Yes.

What is the target audience of the web site? The primary targets are companies and the public; it is less oriented toward doctors and pharmacists.