Publications

15 July 2005 /Prices and reimbursement

Angiotensin II antagonists: are these medicinal products prescribed to the right patients?

30 June 2005 /Publications - miscellaneous

Better use of medicines - Perspectives in clinical pharmacy

Report by the Danish Medicines Agency’s working group on clinical pharmacy.

25 January 2005 /Prices and reimbursement

Consumption of antipsychotics in Denmark among the elderly

The Danish consumption of antipsychotics among elderly people aged 65 years or above is studied for the period 1996 and 1999-2003. The number of elderly people aged 65 years or above treated with antipsychotics has fallen, whereas the quantity consumption has risen.

28 February 2005 /Prices and reimbursement

Dose dispensing in the primary health sector - the first six months of 2004

01 February 2005 /Prices and reimbursement

Potentially inappropriate prescription of the asthma product Singulair®

The asthma product Singulair® was put on the Danish market in February 1998 and became eligible for general reimbursement 13 July 1998. The medicinal product is recommended as a supplement for treatment of mild to moderate asthma as well as for exercise-induced asthma.

13 July 2005 /Prices and reimbursement

Sales of liberalised non-prescription medicinal products: 2001 - the first three months of 2005

For the main part of liberalised medicinal products, the liberalisation, and thereby the easier access to buy the medicinal products, has hardly affected the consumption development. One exception is the sale of anti-smoking products. Since the liberalisation on 1 October 2001, sales have increased by 48 per cent.