Full Electronic Product Information In EU May Have To Wait Until 2030

A wide-ranging survey by Europe’s research-based pharma industry says moves towards replacing paper product information are gathering pace, although numerous challenges will need to be overcome.

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Plans are afoot to boost the EU's pharmaceutical sector • Source: Alamy

Full implementation of electronic product information (ePI) on medicines in the EU may not be achieved until 2030, according to a survey conducted by the European R&D-based pharmaceutical industry federation, EFPIA.

As part of the shift to ePI, a pilot scheme in Belgium and Luxembourg on switching from paper to electronic patient information leaflets (e-PILs) has been extended to August 2022 on the back of positive interim results showing that the vast majority of

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