EMA Highlights: Green light for new medicines
by Gary Finnegan – The EMA’s influential Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) approved six new medicines at its June meeting, including a breakthrough hepatitis C… read more.
by Gary Finnegan – The EMA’s influential Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) approved six new medicines at its June meeting, including a breakthrough hepatitis C… read more.
by Gary Finnegan – The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is reviewing the cardiovascular risks of systemic ibuprofen medicines. The focus is expected to be on tablets taken by… read more.
by Gary Finnegan – The EU medicines regulator has rejigged its plan on how clinical trial data will be shared with health professionals, after intense lobbying by doctors,… read more.
by Gary Finnegan – The European Medicines Agency is drawing up a list of legally-operating online pharmacies as part of an EU-wide crackdown on falsified medicines.
World Health Matters: Finland by Gary Finnegan – A new study by Finnish researchers suggests that overweight children with a common mutation in the PNPLA3 gene can suffer… read more.
World Health Matters: Italy by Gary Finnegan – Alcoholic liver disease is one of the most common reasons for liver transplantation but around half of liver transplant recipients… read more.
World Health Matters: Australia by Gary Finnegan – Highly virulent forms of the influenza virus can cause serious illness and may be fatal. Some of the damage is… read more.
World Health Matters: Sweden by Gary Finnegan – A newly discovered tick-borne bacterium known as Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis has been implicated in six cases of disease in Sweden…. read more.
World Health Matters by Gary Finnegan – Italy – Death rates from pancreatic cancer are predicted to increase in men and women in 2014 and beyond, according to… read more.
World Health Matters by Gary Finnegan – New Zealand – A web-based alcohol screening and intervention programme had only a minor impact on drinking habits among university students… read more.
World Health Matters by Gary Finnegan – Australia – The number of deaths from viral hepatitis in Australia has surpassed the number of preventable AIDS-related deaths, according to… read more.
World Health Matters by Gary Finnegan – China – Declining air pollution following the closure of coal-burning power plants in China has been linked to improved childhood development… read more.