Privatsphäre-Einstellungen

New Font Size Requirements in Package Inserts of Medicines

Advantages and disadvantages

Dr. Joerg Fuchs^1,2, Tina Heyer^1,3, Diana Langenhan^1,3 und PD Dr. Marion Hippius³

¹ PAINT-Consult��, Jena (Germany)
² Department of Drug Regulatory Affairs at the Institute of Pharmacy, University of Bonn, Bonn (Germany)
³ Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena (Germany)

The readability guideline, updated in January 2009, contains various changes particular to package inserts, such as the use of a minimum 9 pt font size. Readability test study results using two package inserts, printed in different font sizes between 7 and 16 pt, clearly illustrate that the new minimum font size will improve readability and usability of this important patient information; particularly so, given that the newly recommended minimum falls into the optimal font size range of between 9 to 11 pt.