EU pharmacovigilance: MEPs want stricter patient safety on medicines
08/05/2012
Members of the European Parliament's Environment, Food and Safety Committee approved today a report to strengthen the legal framework for the surveillance of medicines on the market.
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MEPS call for stricter rules on medical devices in wake of PIP breast implant scandal
25/04/2012
MEPs of Parliament's environment committee today adopted a resolution asking the European Commission for the forthcoming revision of the current legislation on medical devices to avoid future cases like the defective silicone gel...
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Emergency services are a vital part of EU Health Systems
27/03/2012
Today ALDE MEPs Antonyia Parvanova (NMSP, Bulgaria), Norica Nicolai (PNL, Romania) and Cristian Silviu BUŞOI (PNL, Romania) are hosting a conference in the European Parliament on the issue of emergency health services and their...
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MEPS call for strengthening laws on infant foods
29/02/2012
The European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) adopted today a report which mainly calls for more safety and quality of infant formulae and baby food products in the EU.
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Commission must look into scandal of defective breast implants
24/01/2012
Thousands of women (mainly in France and U.K.) are currently affected by defective silicone gel breast implants manufactured by French company Poly Implants Prostheses (PIP), which contain non-medical industrial silicone. Women...
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New measures for controlling hazardous biocides approved
18/01/2012
The European Parliament will vote tomorrow on the second reading agreement of the Regulation concerning the placing on the market and use of biocidal products. Biocides are commonly applying in households, hospitals and various...
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EU moves to ban phosphorus in household detergents
18/04/2011
The European Parliament Environment Committee today held its first exchange of views on the possibility of setting a limit on the permitted content of phosphorus in household detergents.
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Europe´s health shows inequalities
08/03/2011
The European Parliament adopted today a report proposing the outline of a strategy to reduce health inequalities in the European Union. ALDE underlines the importance of fundamental social objectives through equal opportunities,...
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H1N1: better risk management needed
08/03/2011
The European Parliament adopted today a report which calls for a new initiative of the management of the H1N1 flu crisis. The main conclusions are a lack of independent evaluation by national and European health authorities, a...
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Europe´s fake medicine problem
16/02/2011
More and more people are buying medicine on the internet. Faking medicines is high-profit, low risk crime and it is not sufficiently regulated at European level.
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