Safety Notices

From time to time notices relating to the safety, efficacy and quality of human medicinal products are published by the Health Products Regulatory Authority.

The issues covered by these notices include medicinal product safety information, updated efficacy information on the appropriate usage of medicines and quality defect information.

Notices are categorised in accordance with their importance at time of publication.

The four notice categories are outlined as follows:

  • Advisory  -  Routine safety information            
  • Warning  -  Urgent safety information
  • Recall  -  Urgent safety information relating to a product recall
  • Publications  -  General information provided by 3rd parties as approved by the HPRA, e.g. MIMS, Direct Healthcare Professional Letter or Product Information Update

The HPRA Drug Safety Newsletter is also published on a regular basis.

Date Title Type
09/01/2019 Medicinal Product Shortages - update - 9 January 2019 Advisory
03/01/2019 Medicinal Product Shortages - update - 3 January 2019 Advisory
19/12/2018 Medicinal Product Shortages - update - 19 December 2018 Advisory
12/12/2018 Medicinal Product Shortages - update - 12 December 2018 Advisory
05/12/2018 Medicinal Product Shortages - update - 5 December 2018 Advisory
28/11/2018 Medicinal Product Shortages - update - 28 November 2018 Advisory
21/11/2018 Medicinal Product Shortages - update - 21 November 2018 Advisory
14/11/2018 Medicinal Product Shortages - update - 14 November 2018 Advisory
07/11/2018 Medicinal Product Shortages - update - 7 November 2018 Advisory
31/10/2018 Medicinal Product Shortages - update - 31 October 2018 Advisory