PART 13Packaging and leaflets

CHAPTER 1

Requirements for packaging and package leaflets relating to medicinal products

Packaging requirements: information for blind and partially sighted patients259.

(1)

The name of a medicinal product must also be expressed in Braille format on the outer packaging of the product (or, if there is no outer packaging, on the immediate packaging of the product).

(2)

The holder of a marketing authorisation, Article 126a authorisation or traditional herbal registration for a medicinal product must ensure that the package leaflet is made available on request in formats suitable for blind and partially-sighted persons.

(3)

Nothing in this regulation applies to a registrable homoeopathic medicinal product.