The emc regulatory publishing tool allows you to mark products as discontinued when needed or to fully retire them and remove them from the emc.
Discontinued: A product could be marked as discontinued if it is no longer marketed/sold, however there could still be a need for patients or HCP's to access the information. In this case you would mark the product as discontinued while keeping the associated content published.
Retire: Retiring a product is when it is no longer marketed/sold and you are sure that there is no need for the information to remain available. In this case you would retire the associated SmPC and PIL, and submit to be retired (removed from the emc). This is because a product without at least an SmPC or PIL cannot be listed on the emc
Discontinued:
To mark a product as discontinued, go into your 'All Products' page via the left-side menu
Select 'update' on the relevant Product Group
Then select 'Discontinue' on the relevant product presentation
Add the reason for the discontinuation from the drop-down menu that appears
Select 'Save changes' or cancel to undo this request
You will see that the product status has now been changed to draft; you can come back later to finish/submit this, or you can do this now.
If you wish to submit the discontinued banner for this product then select 'Continue'
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To cancel a discontinuation, select cancel and then 'Remove' to delete that action and return the product to its previous state of published
You will be taken to the submission summary page where you can review and confirm the changes you have selected
Press 'Submit' to publish the discontinued banner on emc for that product or click 'Cancel' to return to the dashboard
If you select 'Submit' this product will be marked as discontinued on the emc, at the top of that products page and in your portfolio in the 'All Products' page
On emc:
In your 'All Products' page:
The ability for you to remove the discounted banner from a product is coming soon in publisher; if you require a discounted banner to be removed please contact us on the email below, advising of the reason for the banner removal and we can get that removed for you.
If you have any questions please contact us servicedesk@datapharm.com
Please Note 📝
Adding a discontinued banner to a product will show it instantly on the emc website after you submit this update
Retire:
To retire a product, go into your 'All Products' page via the left-side menu
Select 'update' on the relevant Product Group
Select 'Retire' on each of the content that is associated to that Product Group such as the SmPC and PIL
Add the reason for the retirement from the drop-down menu that appears
Please Note 📝
Retiring a product will remove it instantly from the emc website
The ability for you to re-instate/un-retire a product is coming soon in publisher; if you require a product to be re-instated/un-retired please contact us on the email below, advising of the reason for this and we can get that actioned for you.
If you have any questions please contact us servicedesk@datapharm.com