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Boehringer Ingelheim Limited

Ellesfield Avenue, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 8YS
Telephone: +44 (0)1344 424 600
Fax: +44 (0)1344 741 298
WWW: http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.co.uk
Medical Information Direct Line: +44 (0)1344 741 286
Medical Information e-mail: medinfo@bra.boehringer-ingelheim.com

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Summary of Product Characteristics last updated on the eMC: 14/05/2012
SPC Persantin 100 mg Tablets

When a pharmaceutical company changes an SPC or PIL, a new version is published on the eMC. For each version, we show the dates it was published on the eMC and the reasons for change.

Updated on 14/05/2012 and displayed until Current
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.6 - Pregnancy and Lactation
  • Change to section 5.3 - Preclinical Safety Data
  • Change to section 10 date of revision of the text
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   01-May-2012
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company



Section 4.6 Fertility, Pregnancy and Lactation

This section’s header text has had the word Fertility added.

 

Three sub-headings have been added to this section (Pregnancy, Lactation and Fertility).

 

The text … (please refer to section 5.3) has been added to the end of the first paragraph under the Pregnancy sub-heading.

 

New corresponding text has been added to the Fertility sub-heading of this section.

 

Section 5.3 Preclinical Safety Data

As a result of the new text addition to the Pregnancy sub-heading in section 4.6, completely new text has been added to this section, with deletion of the previous text.

 

Section 10 Date of Revision of the Text

The date has been amended to May 2012.

 

Updated on 21/02/2012 and displayed until 14/05/2012
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 5.2 - Pharmacokinetic Properties
  • Change to section 10 date of revision of the text
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   01-Sep-2011
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company



Section 5.2 Pharmacokinetic Properties

This section has been re-written with new text and new sub-headings and corresponding text regarding Distribution, Metabolism, Elimination, Elderly subjects, Hepatic impairment and Renal impairment.

 

Section 10 Date of Revision of the Text

The date has been amended to September 2011.

Updated on 15/08/2007 and displayed until 21/02/2012
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 1 -Name of the Medicinal product
  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for Use
  • Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
  • Change to section 5.3 - Preclinical Safety Data
  • Change to section 6. 6 - Instructions for use, handling and disposal
  • Change to section 9 - Date of first Authorisation/renewal of the Authorisation
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   05/2007
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

Changes to headings.
 
5.3 Preclinical safety data: none
Updated on 26/07/2004 and displayed until 15/08/2007
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.4 - Special Warnings and Precautions for Use
  • Change to section 10 (date of (partial) revision of the text
Updated on 14/01/2003 and displayed until 26/07/2004
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable Effects
  • Change to section 10 (date of (partial) revision of the text
Updated on 09/08/2001 and displayed until 14/01/2003
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Transferred from eMC version 1
Updated on 24/07/2001 and displayed until 09/08/2001
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Transferred from eMC version 1
Updated on 22/03/2001 and displayed until 24/07/2001
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • No reasons supplied
Updated on 13/06/2000 and displayed until 22/03/2001
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • No reasons supplied

Active Ingredients/Generics

 
   dipyridamole