The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and authorities from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have released a progress update on the process to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Europe.
The EU Commission has extended the authorisation of the Imvanex vaccine to adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. Imvanex is the only Mpox vaccine currently authorised in the EU, together with an antiviral treatment (Tecovirimat SIGA). The authorisation follows a recommendation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
A high-level delegation of the European Commission will attend the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) next week in New York. The focus of EU engagement will be to tackle the unprecedented set of conflicts and crises across the world.
Today, the EU Commission has adopted new measures to protect health and environment by restricting the use of Undecafluorohexanoic Acid (PFHxA) and related substances. These are sub-groups of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (‘PFAS’), very persistent and mobile in water. Their use in certain products poses an unacceptable risk.
Reducing the use of PFAS —known as forever chemicals— in clothing, furniture and other textile products, is important to increase recyclability and the transition to a more circular economy according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published today.
The Agency’s Biological Technologies Office seeks proposals for same-day awards up to $300K each with up to $4.5M total available; first-time submissions encouraged.
MEPs today rejected two EU Commission decisions allowing import tolerances (residue levels) for several pesticides coming with imported products such as cereals, seeds, meat, liver, and kidney, as well as with imported lemons, limes, mandarins, and okra. The use of these pesticides is already banned in the EU and should therefore not be allowed for imported goods.
The new initiative recommends that Member States extend smoke-free environment policies to key outdoor areas, to better protect people in the EU, particularly children and young people.
A new report by EFSA’s partners in the NAMs4NANO project proposes a system for promoting New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to assess the potential food safety risks of nanoparticles.
Today, the European Commission decided to register two European Citizens’ Initiatives, entitled ‘ECI for a Water-Smart and Resilient Europe’ and ‘PsychedeliCare’.
The project will focus on seven key areas: defining Long COVID; developing a surveillance system; promoting the exchange of information amongst healthcare professionals; providing clinical guidelines and recommendations to Member States; supporting affected patients and carers; assessing the social and economic consequences of Long COVID; and identifying research needs.
EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, and Canada’s Minister of Health, the Honourable Mark Holland, held a virtual meeting to launch the EU-Canada Health Policy Dialogue under the EU-Canada Strategic Partnership Agreement.
“Promoting Regional Outreach to Educate Communities on the Threat of Fentanyl” (or PROTECT) is a series of ten U.S. FinCEN Exchange sessions held in 2024 in U.S. cities highly impacted by the opioid epidemic as part of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Counter-Fentanyl Strike Force.
Today, close to 100,000 mpox vaccine doses will arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), making these the first delivery of the vaccine to the country. A second delivery amounting to around 100,000 vaccines is expected to arrive in the coming days.
EMA and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) have published high-level principles and recommendations for all staff across the European medicines regulatory network (EMRN) using large language models (LLMs) in their work.
On World Sexual Health Day, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) publishes a comprehensive review that underscores the urgent need to improve monitoring data and enhance targeted prevention interventions across Europe. The study provides evidence-based prevalence estimates for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Europe and identifies population groups at greatest risk of contracting these infections.
The health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic caught the EU partially off guard. Even though the two EU medical agencies in charge of the situation eventually did well, the pandemic also highlighted shortcomings and gaps that recent EU measures have sought to address.
The EU Commission has launched a call for the next Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Eligible candidates are invited to apply by 27 September 2024.
The EU Commission has approved the acquisition of Luxembourg-based MPILO S.à r.l. (‘MPILO’), the holding company of the Famar Group (‘Famar’), by Guernsey-based MidEuropa V Management Limited (‘MidEuropa Partners’). The transaction mainly concerns the pharmaceutical sector.
The EU Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of joint control of Eurobio Scientific SA , based in France, by IK Investment Partners, based in Luxembourg, and NextStage AM, based in France. The transaction mainly concerns the pharmaceutical diagnostics products and services sector.
The Commission has signed a contribution agreement with the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO Europe) to support Member States in retaining nurses in their health systems and making the profession more attractive to nurses.
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