Binge drinking drops, drug use levels off in Europe: report
European teens cut back on binge drinking and showed no increase in illegal drug use in recent years, while cigarettes remained as popular as in 2007, an EU agency said Thursday.
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EU says no impact on U.S. beef imports from mad cow case
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive said on Wednesday it did not intend to impose any particular measures on imports from the United States following the discovery of the country’s first case of mad cow disease or BSE in six years. “The (European) Commission is satisfied that the new BSE case has been confirmed in the framework of the ongoing BSE surveillance system in the United States, which prevented this animal from entering the food chain,” EU Commission health spokesman Frederic Vincent said in a statement, referring to bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow …
Sanofi to buy LeGoo maker Pluromed
French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi said Friday that it will buy the US company Pluromed and push for widespread adoption of its FDA- and EU-approved cardiovascular surgery aid LeGoo.
Iran deploys warplanes, missiles in 'exercise' protecting nuclear sites
| By Marc Burleigh TEHRAN — Iran deployed warplanes and missiles Monday in an “exercise” to protect nuclear sites threatened by possible Israeli attacks and warned it could cut oil exports to more EU nations unless sanctions were lifted. See all stories on this topic » |
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EU agency says weight-loss drugs risk acceptable (Reuters)
Reuters – The European Medicines Agency has decided that the benefits of orlistat-containing weight loss drugs, including GlaxoSmithKline’s Alli and Roche’s Xenical, outweigh the risk of very rare liver-related side effects.
India’s global pharmacy role threatened by EU pact (AP)
AP – Efforts by India and the European Union to strengthen trade are threatening India’s ability to deliver lifesaving medicines to the world’s poorest, analysts say as the two sides push through protracted negotiations on a free-trade pact.
European Medicines Agency gives interim recommendations to deal with …
The CHMP considers the supply of Busilvex, Velcade and Vidaza from Ben Venue no longer essential, as alternative manufacturers are currently supplying the EU market. In addition, recalling batches of these medicines supplied by Ben Venue would not lead …
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EU and US team up for cybersecurity exercise | Security Threats …
In the first joint exercise of its kind, agencies from Europe and the US took part in a day-long meeting to show how they would react to cyberattacks.
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EU and US team up for cybersecurity exercise
By Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK, 3 November, 2011 17:28 The European Union and the US have taken part in a day-long exercise to find out how well they would work together in reaction to cyberattacks on security agency systems and critical national …
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EU and US team up for a joint cyber security exercise
By Dean Wilson THE EUROPEAN UNION and the United States are hosting the first ever joint cyber security exercise today, simulating a series of cyber attacks and the regions' responses to them. The joint effort, dubbed Cyber Atlantic 2011, …
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EU and US in first joint cyber security stress-test exercise
The first joint cyber security stress-test exercise between the European Union and the United States is going ahead today in Brussels, Belgium. The day-long exercise, dubbed 'Cyber Atlantic 2011?, will simulate a series of cyber-crisis scenarios to …
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UK should participate in EU bank recap exercise | Reuters …
Britain shouldn't distance itself from the European Union's bank rescue plan. The UK may wish to wriggle out of recapitalising its lenders on the grounds that the euro crisis is across the English Channel, but there are good reasons to play ball.
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