Nordic Countries Launch ‘English-Only’ Packaging Pilot To Tackle Medicine Shortages

Drug companies are being invited to participate in a new pilot project that the five Nordic countries will run to see if they can improve the availability of certain critical products that are used in hospitals.

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The five Nordic countries are starting a pilot to improve the availability of critical medicines (Shutterstock)

Drug regulators in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden are inviting companies to take part in a pilot project to test whether using only English on packages and printed package leaflets will improve the availability of certain critical hospital products in these countries.

Key Takeaways
  • Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden will start a five-year pilot in 2025 to explore whether exempting the use of the various Nordic languages on...

The pilot, which will start on 1 January 2025 and is due to run for five years, will explore if exempting the use of the various Nordic languages in packages...

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