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Harmonising pharmaceuticals for human use

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The International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) has been reconfigured to transform it into a truly global initiative with robust and transparent governance mechanisms. The ICH will promote public health through international harmonisation of technical requirements for the authorisation and regulatory oversight of medicinal products. This will help […]

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Insects as food and feed

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Interest is growing in the potential benefits of using insects in food and animal feed, but there needs to be an assessment of the risks involved in the production, processing and consumption of this alternative source of protein. The European Food Safety Authority has produced a risk profile that identifies the potential biological and chemical

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Tackling Substance Abuse

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October 2015 – This seminar looked at some of the issues around drug and alcohol abuse and ways of reducing harm. The expert speakers looked specifically at so-called ‘legal highs’, more correctly known as ‘new pyscho-active substances’ and alcohol, particularly underage drinking. The programme includes speaker biographies and the presentations include details of the forth-coming NPS

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OECD Health Statistics 2015

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Many European countries saw further reductions in health spending in 2013, according to OECD Health Statistics 2015. Health spending continued to shrink in Greece, Italy and Portugal and most countries in the European Union reported real per capita health spending below the levels of 2009. Outside the EU average real growth in health spending was

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Healthcare expenditure stats from Eurostat

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Healthcare expenditure in Germany was around € 290 billion in 2012, equivalent to 10.9 {ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of GDP. Belgian healthcare expenditure was also equivalent to 10.9 {ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of GDP and the only EU countries with higher percentages were France (11.2 {ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96}) and the Netherlands (11.8 {ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96}). Denmark and Austria also reported that current healthcare expenditure exceeded 10.0 {ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of GDP. Outside the

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Investing in public health is an economic win-win

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Tobacco use reduces overall national income by 3.6{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96}. Obesity accounts for 1–3{ddf8d179d1bf712bb2a88ff2ad95ebdf63eaa5463c845d2f093b25848387ba96} of all health expenditure in most countries. These and other surprising facts came to light in a report published by WHO/Europe on the long- and short-term effects of a country’s health status on its financial and economic situation. “The case for investing in

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