The European Court of Auditors is conducting an audit of EU action against superbugs, including bacteria which have become resistant to antibiotics, to…
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Rare diseases (BRUSSELS) – The EU Commission launched Thursday, Rare Disease Day, a new online knowledge-sharing platform to support better diagnosis and treatment for more than 30 million Europeans living…
New rules on safety features for prescription medicines sold in the EU entered into force Saturday, heralding the introduction of end-to-end verification and…
The Commission presented a set of recommendations Wednesday for the creation of a secure system that will enable citizens to access their electronic…
Image Potentialthreat (BRUSSELS) – Finnish patients were for the first time able to go to a pharmacy in Estonia and retrieve medicines prescribed electronically by their doctor in Finland, in…
Mental health and preventing mental illness not only have social consequences but are estimated to cost more than 4 per cent of GDP…
Photo by Brian Robert Marshall (BRUSSELS) – The EU Commission unveiled a long-awaited strategy on endocrine disrupting chemicals Wednesday, with the aim of protecting consumers against harmful chemicals which change…
Photo Rodrigo Senna (STRASBOURG) – A new law adopted by the European Parliament on Wednesday aims to avoid duplicating national assessments to determine a medicine’s added value that help EU…
Ttoxic phthalates (BRUSSELS) – The EU Commission took action Wednesday to restrict the placing on the market of articles containing four phthalates found in a wide variety of everyday plastic…
Photo UN (BRUSSELS) – The European Drug Report 2018, issued by the EU drugs agency Thursday, highlights increased availability of cocaine in Europe, with around 2.3 million young adults having…
