EMA Highlights: Europe to support Zika trials
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency has set up a task force on Zika virus in an effort to accelerate the development of new medicines and vaccines… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency has set up a task force on Zika virus in an effort to accelerate the development of new medicines and vaccines… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Ten medicines, including a first-in-class orphan medicine for narcolepsy, were recommended for authorisation in the EU at the latest meeting of the European Medicines Agency’s… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Professor Guido Rasi has been reappointed Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency for a five-year term. The decision brings an end to one of… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says its powers are limited when it comes to regulating off-label use of licensed medicines. The watchdog is at the… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Around three quarters of stoke patients in China have hypertension, according to data presented at the 26th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology.
by Gary Finnegan: Twenty-five years after reunification, the once considerable differences between life expectancy in eastern and western Germany have nearly disappeared for women. East German men have… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Black women in Canada have substantially higher risk of preterm birth than white women, according to a new study which mirrors disparities previously reported in… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Researchers in Denmark have found a small but significant increase in the risk of developing epilepsy among children who had hospital-diagnosed pertussis infections. While the… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Ireland: Medicines routinely prescribed for older patients may be contributing to elevated rates of falls in elderly men, according to a study published in the… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Sweden: Rapid identification of superbugs can help to speed up patient recovery, contain outbreaks, and save healthcare resources, according to Swedish researchers.
by Gary Finnegan: Norway: Eleven percent of all births worldwide are preterm, or occurring before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Premature birth is associated with higher neonatal mortality as… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: Netherlands: Women with breast cancer who follow a physical exercise programme during their chemotherapy treatment experience fewer side effects, according a study by the Netherlands… read more.