25.11.2020
A summary of the guideline regarding primary package identifiers was added
Primary package identifiers_summary OnePager (pdf)28.9.2020
The information regarding the Norwegian Vnr pricing was added.
25.6.2020
An updated version of the guideline Action plan: The need for standard identifiers on human primary packages in the Nordics,
The following additions/specifications
– the guideline concerns only human medicines
– the guideline is a recommendation, not a requirement
– the GTIN can be identical on the primary pack and the secondary pack, IF the pack size is 1:1 (picture 2.)
– with “readability needs to be ensured” is meant the machine readability of the data carrier
28.5.2020
A new guideline regarding identifiers on single packages inside multi packages has been added. This guideline concerns only human medicines.
30.4.2020
The document Vnr statistics 2019 has been added under Vnr statistics.
6.3.2019
The document Vnr statistics 2018 has been added under Vnr statistics.
11.2.2019
The following documents have been updated in VnrWiki:
The Nordic Vnr Guidelines (pdf)
The serialisation of Nordic packages -country specific requirements (pdf)
The country specific information for Finland (pdf)
4.2.2019
The documents in VnrWiki, related to the FMD, are being updated and
will be available soon.
27.11.2018
A new document Linkage between Vnrs and GTINs in the Nordic countries has been added under the section From NTIN to GTIN
12.10.2018
A small update has been made to the document The serialisation of Nordic packages, country specific requirements. The email address in Sweden, for receiving more information regarding the eVerification, is now info@e-VIS.se
4.9.2018
The document The serialisation of Nordic packages, country specific requirements has been updated with some small adjustments concerning Denmark.
29.6.2018
The document The serialisation of Nordic packages, country specific requirements has been updated.
18.6.2018
The country specific information for Finland has changed. A new type of notification has been introduced in Finland, a Medicines Verification notification.
28.05.2018
A new version of the Nordic Vnr guidelines is published. Vnrs can now be ordered for all herbal medicines in the other Nordic countries, but Denmark.
2.5.2018
The document The serialisation of Nordic packages, country specific requirements has been updated.
A new version of the Nordic Vnr guidelines is published. Email contact for Denmark updated.
29.3.2018
The document The serialisation of Nordic packages, country specific requirements has been updated.
The Vnr statistics 2017 document has been published.
6.3.2018
A pdf prepared by DMVO in Denmark, has been added under the section From NTIN to GTIN. DMVO: 2D data matrix in Denmark
19.1.2018
The Norwegian Medicines Agency has now agreed to keeping both linear and 2D code on the packages after Feb 2019. The pdf on From NTIN to GTIN has been updated accordingly.
14.12.2017
The country specific information for Norway has been updated.
15.8.2017
The country specific information for Norway has been updated. Norway will be able to handle more than one product code to each Vnr from 2018. The use of the terms barcode and product code has also been standardized.
19.6.2017
The document The serialisation of Nordic packages, country specific requirements has been updated. The example for the EXP date in the EEA licence plate picture has been amended.
10.5.2017
A small update in the Nordic Article Number instruction booklet. Section 5.7 made clearer and the notification regarding the need of different GTINs added.
25.4.2017
The document The serialisation of Nordic packages, country specific requirements has been updated.
14.3.2017
Two new documents are published under the section Transition from NTIN to GTIN.
The document The serialisation of Nordic packages, country specific requirements was first prepared by LIF in Sweden and then revised in co-operation with the other Nordic countries.
Norway has also prepared a document Implementation of 2D data matrix in Norway.
Both documents are intended to help the pharma companies when planning the transition from NTIN to GTIN and the serialisation process in relation to the FMD.
22.2.2017
The Vnr statistics document 2016 is published here in VnrWiki.
23.1.2017
The annually published Vnr statistics document is soon to be published here in VnrWiki. Looking at the data, the year 2016 was very similar to 2015. 31.12.2016 there were 64 959 active Vnrs for 17 456 trade names, belonging to 1 290 different MAHs.
The Vnr extranet service (https://vnr.fi), that companies use for ordering new Vnrs and where they can see their real-time Vnr situation in all Nordic countries 24/7, had 1 700 registered users from 540 different companies at the end of the year.
28.9.2016
Barcodes in Norway
The country specific information regarding barcodes in Norway has been updated.
(see Barcode, country specific information Norway)
27.9.2016
A new section in VnrWiki: From NTIN to GTIN
The coding of medicines changes because of the requirements of the Falsified Medicines directive. Pharma companies have to make sure that the product codes are unique (GTIN or unique NTIN).
The codes are extremely important, because all information used in different IT-systems in health care, pharmacies, wholesalers, robots etc. are based on codes that link to the correct information to be shown for users.
To help and support pharma companies we have prepared guidance about GTINs in pharmaceuticals. The guidance has been produced together with Nordic Vnr co-operation group and GS1. The guidance documents are now published here in VnrWiki in the new section “From NTIN to GTIN”
