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MHRA seeks views on making information about medicines available online

Please note: In October and November 2010, the MHRA moved from its Market Towers address to a new location on Buckingham Palace Road. Please go to the contact us section of the website for updated contact details.

We have commissioned an online discussion site asking whether key information about medicines should be available online.

The discussion site, aimed at healthcare professionals and the public, asks whether it is a good idea to make the MHRA’s definitive database of patient information leaflets (PILs) and Summaries of Product Characteristics (SPCs) available online and, if so, what the site should look like.

Every medicine pack includes a PIL, which provides information on using the medicine safely. PILs are based on the SPCs - a description of a medicinal product’s properties and the conditions attached to its use.

We are considering making this information accessible via the internet, so that members of the public can look up key information about medicines, such as ingredients and side effects. We would also like to know the benefits to the public and healthcare professionals of having an authoritative, up-to-date database available at their fingertips.

The discussion will run from 8 February to 8 March. The discussion site can be found at http://www.medinfodiscussion.org/ (external link).

Page last modified: 15 February 2010