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Croatia HALMED · Croatia · 5 Aug 2026 · Guidance

Obligation to submit a variation application following PSUSA procedure

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HALMED has published outcomes of PSUSA procedures for medicinal products authorized in Croatia, including levomethadone, tamoxifen, cefixime, and others listed. Marketing authorization holders must submit variation applications to update product information in the Summary of Product Characteristics and Package Leaflet where PSUSA outcomes require regulatory changes, in accordance with the Medicinal Products Act and EU Regulation 726/2004.

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Applies from
8 May 2026
From Croatia HALMED

Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of Croatia (HALMED) has published information on the outcomes of the PSUSA procedures, which include medicinal products authorised in the Republic of Croatia. Stated information is available in the Medicinal products/ Variation applications - referrals, PSUSA procedures and PRAC signals/ Instructions for variation applications following the outcome of the PSUSA procedure section on the HALMED's website.

- levomethadone

- tamoxifen

- cefixime

- caffeine / codeine / paracetamol / propyphenazone, acetylsalicylic acid / caffeine / codeine / paracetamol

- pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine

- methadone

- ioversol

- ropinirole

- apremilast

- human normal immunoglobulin

- hydroxycarbamide

In accordance with Art. 50 of the Medicinal Products Act (OG 76/13, 90/14, 100/18 and 136/25) and Art. 16 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, marketing authorisation holders are required to ensure that the information on the medicinal product is in line with the latest scientific knowledge. In cases where the outcomes of the PSUSA procedure require a regulatory procedure, such as the introduction of new information in the Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC) and the Package Leaflet (PL), marketing authorisation holders are required to submit a variation application.

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