The UN European coalition on health is a coordination mechanism focusing on the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 – to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages – in the pan-European Region, and of the health-related targets present in other SDGs. At its initial meeting in 2016 the coalition […]
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) are developing scientific guidance to enable identification of endocrine disruptors. In 2016 the European Commission proposed science-based criteria for identifying endocrine disruptors in the context of EU legislation on pesticides and biocides. Discussions with Member States and experts are on-going and the criteria
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A new WHO report provides insight into how countries in the WHO European Region can improve access and reduce medicine prices through strategic and well-planned procurement processes. It also addresses collaboration within and across countries to improve availability of affordable medicines for patients in the Region. Countries in the Region have varying capacity and negotiating
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Antibiotic resistance presents one of the biggest threats to global health and development today – and the threat is growing. On any given day, about 80,000 patients – or 1 in 18 patients in hospitals – in the EU have at least one health care associated infection according to estimates from the European Centre for
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Do you have an interest in safe medicines for children – as a parent, researcher or prescriber? If so, you are invited to participate in a stakeholder consultation launched by the European Commission. The aim is to gather real-life experiences and opinions on the Paediatric Regulation which came into force a decade ago and has
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Monitoring the safety of medicines throughout their life cycle (pharmacovigilance) is the responsibility of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on behalf of Member States. The European Commission has published a report, accompanied by a detailed Staff Working document, describing the activities of the collaborative EU system for monitoring and controlling the safety of human medicines.
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A summer school on pharmaceutical pricing – the first of its kind – helped train high-level civil servants in the WHO European Region responsible for shaping and implementing policies on pricing medicines. The Austrian Health Institute organized the five-day course, which ran from the 29th August to 2nd September, and 36 participants from 20 countries
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China, the world’s largest consumer of human and animal antibiotics, has pledged to step up research and development into new antimicrobials and to rein in overuse of existing medicines to counter growing global antimicrobial resistance. As part of a national action plan unveiled on 26 August, the Chinese central government said that it would mobilize
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Antimicrobial resistance is a global crisis that threatens public health and modern medicine. The discovery and development of novel antibiotic products are critical components in combating it. Many international, EU and national initiatives address the scientific, regulatory and economic barriers to antibiotic innovation. This study identifies, reviews and critically assesses these initiatives, and provides policy recommendations
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The European Commission has published a report on activities by Member States and the European Medicines Agency (EMA), to monitor the safety of medicines throughout their life cycle (a process called ‘pharmacovigilance’). The aim of EU rules on pharmacovigilance is to monitor the safety of medicines so that regulators can take action to reduce the
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