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Poland Kick Starts 2019 With Three Rx-To-OTC Switches

22 Jan 2019

Clotrimazole, pyrantel, and ciclopirox olamine have been switched from prescription-to-OTC status by Poland's national drug regulator.

Warsaw is the home of Poland's national drugs regulator, URPL • Source: Shutterstock

Poland’s national medicines regulator, URPL, has started 2019 with a bang, approving three prescription-to-OTC switches in an effort to widen access to medicines in the country.

Consumers can now purchase without a prescription in pharmacy or non-pharmacy outlets US Pharmacia’s Clotidal (clotrimazole); Polpharma SA'sPyrantelum Polpharma...