In 2008, the NOMESCO Annual Planning Meeting decided that NOMESCO should publish an updated version of Medicine Consumption in the Nordic Countries in 1999 -2003 with data for 2004-2008.
Chapter 1 highlights the general trends and regulatory changes during 2004-2008. Chapter 2 provides an account of the structure of the report. Chapter 3 and 4 describe medicines expenditure development and medicines consumption development, respectively.