Labelling of medicines
Presentations and publications
October 2011
Lessons learned from medicine package user situations: 61 years perspective.
Presentation on Informa Life Science, Labelling Conference, London
August 2010
Medicine selection on computer screens
Poster on FIP Congress in Lisbon
August 2010
Patient packs vs dispensing from bulk. Symposium at the FIP congress in Lisbon
Pharmacy based systems for patient packs in Europe Presentation by me
Logistics and Patient Safety Implications in Dispensing from Bulk - Jeannie Kim Lee
Bulk dispensing in Africa - Alexander Dodoo
June 2009
Design of information on medicine packages (27Megabyte) pdf-file (2Megabyte)
Presentation given at Lundbeck Denmark
September 2008
Unnecessary elements on the labels of medicines
Poster on FIP Congress in Basel
Mars 2008
Merking av legemidler og medisinfeil. NB NB 67Mb pdf 3,5Mb
Presentasjon på Fagdag i forbindelse med årsmøte i Norske Sykehusfarmasøyters forening.
Juni 2007
Tvillingpreparater er en uting.
Artikkel i Tidsskrift for den norske lægeforening og på denne websiden
Stein Lyftingsmo
Design of Information on Medicine Packages
Presentation on Pharmaceutical Packaging & Labelling Congress 2007 arranged by Visiongain, London 29th May 2007 (13,5Megabyte)
February 2007
Article about Dual branding published i Pharmaceutical Journal and on this website.
Stein Lyftingsmo
Innlegg ved temadag i Stockholm 24. november 2005 arrangert av Läkemedelsakademin
Läkemedelsförpakningar - design, säkerhet och marknadsaspekter (13,2 Megabyte)
Stein Lyftingsmo
Identical tablets from the same company - but different names and information
FIP Cairo September 2005
The National Consumer Council in K has released Health Literacy Report
in August 2004
David Sless and Alex Tyers, Coummunication Research Institute of Australia
case history #5
Panadol 24 Pack: new instructions for consumers
David Sless, Australia
Designing Public Documents.
International Design Journal + Documents Design 12(1), 24-35
© 2004 John Benjamins Publishing Company
Frank Phillipin: small print: improving visual pack information for older consumers
A case study (completed 2000) from The Royal College of Art, The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre, UK.
"A project which explores the relationship between mandatory (legally required) and marketing (brand sales) information on packs, ..."
"The results showed that the whole issue of improving visual pack information for older consumers is much more complex than simply adhering to guidelines on legibility."
Robert Calvert, UK
Background and present situation on MLX275 from MCA
Vision in Business conference, London December 2002
Jane Nicholson, UK
Patient friendly labelling - the way forward
FIP congress Nice September 2002
Andrew Herxheimer, UK
The sources and quality of information for patients
FIP congress Nice September 2002
CA seminar May 2002
Jerome Reinstein, UK
How better labels and package inserts could help people increase their adherence to therapies
FIP congress Nice September 2002
Theo Raynor, UK
Consumer medicines information - improving access for people with low literacy or visual impairment
FIP congress Nice September 2002
Ros Dowse, South Africa.
Evaluation of the REALM health literacy test in a developing country.
FIP congress Nice, September 2002
Stein Lyftingsmo
The design of information on patient packages
FIP congress Vancouver September 1997