Medicines.ie recognised for innovation at Pharma Industry Awards
Medicines.ie, a website owned by the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, has been recognised for innovation by the Pharma Industry Awards.
The website, Ireland’s most accessible source of accurate and reliable medicines information, placed second in the ‘Innovation of the Year’ category.
The Pharma Industry Awards, founded in 2014, recognise the most original and innovative people and companies that demonstrate excellence in the industry.
Medicines.ie is an online resource that provides patient information leaflets, a summary of product characteristics (SmPCs) and educational materials (risk management materials) for most medicines on the Irish market.
The platform’s content is easily searchable and the functionality is intuitive. It is available on desktop, on mobile and on tablet.
IPHA plans to add new features that enhance the user experience for people working in healthcare and medicine, and for the public. From early next year, pictures of each medicine pack will be displayed beside each medicine. There are plans for a new homepage, with product updates and key trends and statistics.
Dr Rebecca Cramp, IPHA’s Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Manager, leads the Medicines.ie project. She described the award as an “important milestone” in the evolution of Medicines.ie.
“Patient safety is a key focus for Medicines.ie. Providing easily accessible and accurate information about medicines is essential in achieving that goal. We are pleased that our intuitive design and easily searchable content has been recognised in the ‘Innovation of the Year’ category. As an Irish Association, IPHA is proud to collaborate with a young Irish information technology company to give the public authoritative medicines information about products available here,” said Dr Cramp.
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