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 "title": "Can You Scan a Medicine Package to Open Regulator-Authorised ePI?",
 "description": "Regulator-authorised electronic product information exists in the EU, but scanning any medicine pack to reach the current authorised ePI is not yet deployed.",
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 "direct_answer": "Yes, the regulator-authorised digital information rail now exists. No, there is not yet a universal EU route where scanning any medicine package takes a consumer straight to the correct, current regulator-authorised electronic product information, or ePI.",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-04",
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  {
   "url": "https://epi-dev.ema.europa.eu/fhirig/1.0.0/releases.html",
   "name": "European Medicines Agency, EMRN ePI Implementation Guide releases, v1.0.0 final, 1 September 2026: final structured implementation milestone. It does not prove universal package-scan deployment."
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  {
   "url": "https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory-overview/marketing-authorisation/product-information-requirements/electronic-product-information-epi",
   "name": "European Medicines Agency, Electronic product information (ePI): regulator definition and implementation context for authorised ePI."
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  {
   "url": "https://plm-portal.ema.europa.eu/Guidance/article/KA-01024/en-us",
   "name": "European Medicines Agency PLM, ePI Navigation guide for Applicants: product/ePI linking, CAP requirements and data-carrier identifier relationships."
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  {
   "url": "https://epi.developer.ema.europa.eu/api-details",
   "name": "European Medicines Agency, ePI public API: official programmatic access layer."
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   "url": "https://plm-portal.ema.europa.eu/Guidance/article/KA-01113/en-us/",
   "name": "European Medicines Agency PLM, package scan reflection / consultation: evidence that an EU-wide package-scan route remains under development rather than universally deployed."
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  {
   "url": "https://plm-portal.ema.europa.eu/ePIAll/",
   "name": "European Medicines Agency PLM, ePI pilot browser: pilot evidence only, not a current-authoritative medicine-advice surface."
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