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Testing of Labelling on Homeopathy Products

Matt Jones made this Freedom of Information request to Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

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From: Matt Jones

1 December 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Prof Kent Woods announced yesterday in the parliamentary science
and technology select committee that their had been testing of what
the public understood the meaning to be of the permitted wording on
the labels on homeopathy pills.

Please can you send me documents you have describing the methods
used in this testing, and the results.

Yours faithfully,

Matt Jones

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1 December 2009

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From: MHRA Information Centre
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

22 December 2009

Dear Matt Jones,

Thank you for your recent enquiry to the MHRA.

Patient information leaflets for homeopathic products authorised under
the National Rules Scheme are subject to the same user testing
requirements that are applied to leaflets for products granted full
marketing authorisations, to ensure that the information provided is
legible, clear and easy to use. Applicants for homeopathic National
Rules authorisations are required to submit a user test which is
assessed to ascertain all aspects of the user test have been addressed
and that the success criteria, which is 90% of participants can locate
the information, of which 90% understand the information, has been met.

Details and results of specific user tests submitted may be supplied
following a Freedom of Information request (link below):
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/Aboutus/Freedomof...
edomofinformation/index.htm

Please contact us again if you need further assistance with this, or any
other queries.

Kind Regards,

Central Enquiry Point
Information Centre
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Tel: 020 7084 2000

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From: Matt Jones

22 December 2009

Dear MHRA Information Centre,

Thank you for your response but the link you provided in your email
does not seem to work.

In addition I thought that my original request did actually specify
that I was interested in the specific user tests used on this
labelling/leafleting:

"Please can you send me documents you have describing the methods
used in this testing, and the results."

In particular, I would like to know specifically WHAT the users
being tested 'understood' about the information.

Yours sincerely,

Matt Jones

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Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

22 December 2009

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We endeavour to provide a response to all enquiries as quickly as
possible, and within the Department of Health's target response time of
20 working days. For further information about the service and
timeframes provided by the CEP, please view the information published at
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December and also on Friday 1st January.
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