Press release no. 700 – The Italian Medicines Agency has released the AIFA Medicinali application for mobile devices, designed as a practical and immediate tool for accessing information and receiving notifications 
on medications.
“Agency initiative – says the General Manager, Nicola Magrini – arises from a need reported by the same associations of people with chronic and disabling pathologies who have urged us to develop an app to make them better able to better control possible deficiencies, have handy tools available to consult updated information on drugs, receive initial indications on 'What to do when a drug is in shortage', alerts on their commercial availability.
Clearly, the AIFA Medicinali App provides various support tools for agile consultation and to encourage adherence to therapies through simple reminders that remind you of doses, times, methods of taking and expiry of the drug. We are also working on another app for prescribing antibiotics that are more effective, safer and have a lower risk of developing resistance”.
Among the various functions, AIFA Medicinali allows you to directly access the AIFA drug database, carry out detailed searches on the individual packs, consult the Package Leaflet (FI) and the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC), view and check the marketing status of medicines authorized in Italy.
The app allows you to save medicines among the "Favorites”, create one or more “cabinets” with the most frequently used drugs e set reminders for the taking of medicines, offering the patient or whoever takes care of them support in the correct taking of the therapies.
Through the app it is possible to be updated on any shortcomings of the drugs of interest and to keep the expiration of the packs under control, using the notification service.
Finally, the app allows you to insert one or more health cards to have them available at any time on your mobile device.
Issued in BETA version, can be downloaded for free from the official Google and Apple stores accessible directly from the devices through the respective Google Play Store and App Store apps.
“This app is an example of a virtuous collaboration between institutions and the world of volunteering" underlines Giovanni Battista Pesce, president of the Italian Association against epilepsy, also on behalf of ANFAS and FISH. “It represents an important sign of concrete attention to the issue of chronic diseases”, Fish concludes.
To download the app:
Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.aifa.medicinali
App Stores: https://apps.apple.com/it/app/aifa-medicinali/id6444697569
