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
09/11/2017 Gentamicin Injection and / or Infusion products - Caution-in-use notification Warning
07/11/2017 Gilenya (fingolimod) - Important Safety Information from Novartis Ireland Ltd as approved by the HPRA (November 2017) 3rd Party Publications
06/11/2017 HPRA MIMS Article November 2017 - Epoetins: New Warnings on Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions (SCARs) 3rd Party Publications
16/10/2017 Product Information Update- Miconazole (Daktarin) 20 mg/g oral gel 3rd Party Publications
09/10/2017 HPRA MIMS Article October 2017 - Daclizumab (Zinbryta) and Risk of Severe Liver Injury: Initiation in Multiple Sclerosis Now Restricted, Promptly Review Patients Already on Treatment 3rd Party Publications
02/10/2017 Human Epoetins: Important Safety Information from the Marketing Authorization Holders (MAHs) of all epoetins as approved by the HPRA 3rd Party Publications
02/10/2017 Direct Healthcare Professional Communications (DHPCs) - Issued in September 2017 3rd Party Publications
21/09/2017 Humalog (insulin lispro) - Important Safety Information from Eli Lilly and Co (Ireland) Limited as approved by the HPRA (Sept 2017) 3rd Party Publications
08/09/2017 Dacogen (decitabine) - Important Safety Information from Janssen-Cilag Limited as approved by the HPRA 3rd Party Publications
04/09/2017 HPRA MIMS Article September 2017 - Amoxicillin; Co-Amoxiclav – Very Rare Reports of DRESS (Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms) 3rd Party Publications