Processing time and file exchange

The reason for a processing time of three weeks is that updating Vareregisteret with new products goes through several stages, where several agencies are involved. Before product information is exchanged between the various agencies, the registration must be processed by Farmalogg. In the event of incomplete or unclear registrations, we need time to confer with the product submitter before the case processing can be completed. After completion of case processing, product information is complemented via computer files that are exchanged between the agencies. This process takes ca. two weeks.

The WHO Collaborating Center for Drug Statistics Methodology at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health must approve the ATC code, the DDD, statistics factor etc. for medicines with and without marketing authorisation, natural remedies, traditional and well-established herbal medicinal products, and pharmacy produced medicines. The NOMA receives information about the marketing date and must add any maximum prices, reimbursement information, reimbursement prices, stepped prices, and generic codes for relevant products. Helfo must add price and reimbursement information for medical equipment and nutrients. The wholesalers must then process the product information internally in their systems to prepare for orders from pharmacies.

Wholesalers receive information about all products that have been processed, including those with future marketing date. Prescription medicinal products for human use with a marketing authorisation in Norway are fully processed when they have been updated with the approved maximum price from NOMA.

Dates for file exchanges between the various agencies are displayed in the overview of registration deadlines and product update/marketing dates in pharmacies.