ABDA-Database Recent News

Track the latest changes in the ABDA data. New and changed articles, recalls, price updates and drug safety alerts, brought together in one continuously updated news feed for professionals.

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Key Benefits
  • One consolidated feed for new and changed articles in the ABDA data
  • Coverage of recalls, price changes, new products and food supplements
  • Drug safety alerts from official German and European authorities
  • RSS feeds per category for targeted monitoring
  • Searchable archive of all notices since 1995
  • Bi-weekly updates sourced from ABDATA

What the ABDA-Database Recent News delivers

The ABDA-Database Recent News consolidates day-to-day changes across the German pharmaceutical market into a single, continuously updated feed. It covers new and changed articles in the ABDA data, drug recalls, economic and pharmaceutical changes, new product launches and food supplements, alongside drug safety alerts.

Notices are compiled from ABDATA and released together with information from the Drug Commission of the German Pharmacists (AMK), the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) and other official bodies, giving professionals one place to monitor what has changed.

Sources evaluated

  • ABDATA Pharma-Data-Service
  • Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM)
  • Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI)
  • European Medicines Agency (EMA)
  • Drug Commission of the German Medical Association (AkdÄ)
  • Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
  • Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)
  • Manufacturer notifications

Access and delivery

The news functionality is also available as an RSS service, with separate feeds per category so teams can subscribe only to the topics they need. A searchable archive holds every published notice since 1995.

Updates are released on a bi-weekly cadence. Source: ABDATA Pharma-Data-Service, Eschborn, Germany.

Highlights of this database

New and changed articles

See what has entered or changed in the ABDA data, so master data and catalogues stay aligned with the current state of the market.

  • New product launches
  • Changed article attributes
  • Food supplements

Recalls and drug safety alerts

Follow recalls and safety notices as they are published by the responsible authorities and manufacturers.

  • Batch and product recalls
  • Risk notices from AMK and BfArM
  • Manufacturer notifications

Economic and pharmaceutical changes

Separate streams distinguish economic changes, such as price movements, from pharmaceutical changes to the article itself.

  • Price and economic changes
  • Pharmaceutical changes
  • Notices from the federal institutes

RSS delivery and searchable archive

Subscribe to individual categories by RSS and search the full history of published notices back to 1995.

  • Category-level RSS feeds
  • Archive since 1995
  • Integrates into existing reader workflows

More background information

Keeping master data, dispensing systems and analytics aligned with the German market means tracking a continuous stream of small changes. New articles appear, attributes change, products are recalled and prices move, and each of these events can affect procurement, substitution and reimbursement decisions.

Typical questions the recent news answers

  • Which formal requirements apply to the T-prescription?
  • Which recalls have been issued during the current calendar year?
  • Is a given substance classified as a questionable compounding ingredient?

Authorities and bodies evaluated

Notices are drawn from the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the Drug Commission of the German Medical Association (AkdÄ), the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) and manufacturer notifications.

Who relies on it

Manufacturers, wholesalers, market access teams and payers use the feed to monitor changes that touch pricing, availability and compliance without scanning multiple official sources individually.

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