Welcome
This website is intended to provide guidance and practical advice to manufacturers designing or amending the packaging of OTC medicines. It will guide you through the stages of designing a pack that meets the specific legislative requirements set out in European directives and national legislation.
How to use the website
The horizontal navigational tabs (seen above) will guide you through the practice of submitting a pack design to the PAGB to check for compliance with the Code of Practice. You can also find information about, and contact details for, the PAGB.
The vertical navigational tabs take you step-by-step through the three sections of the statutory and non-statutory requirements of the content of the pack design with separate 'Regulation view' and corresponding 'Guideline view' (as shown below).
'In Practice' panels (as shown below) also contain handy "Do's and Don'ts" to bear in mind and example packages that help demonstrate correct and incorrect designs.
