Official announcements
Safety warnings
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Veterinary Medicines
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03/05/2018
Osurnia is indicated for the treatment of acute otitis externa and acute exacerbations of recurrent otitis externa caused by Staphylococcus pseudointermedius and Malassezia pachydermatis.
Enforcement
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24/04/2018
Shopping on the internet offers, in addition to seemingly unlimited choices and convenient time savings, one thing above all: anonymity. In particular, "sensitive" goods, such as sexual enhancers or lifestyle products, are often purchased via Internet retailers to avoid supposedly embarrassing moments at the doctor's or pharmacy. However, this means that one's own health is often (unknowingly) put at an incalculable risk.
Safety warnings
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messages in brief
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23/04/2018
Important information about leaking syringes with some Glaxo SmithKline vacc ines Affected vaccines: Boostrix, Boostrix Polio, Engerix-B, Havrix, Infanrix hexa, Menjugate, Priorix, Priorix-Tetra, Tetanol Pur, Twinrix (adult and pediatric),…
Recall
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Medicines
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23/04/2018
The marketing authorization holder has informed its supplied customers in a letter dated April 23, 2018, that a reduced ethanol content was detected during routine release testing. Therefore, the batch 7F307A on the market is recalled as a…
Safety warnings
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messages in brief
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20/04/2018
The European Medicines Agency ( EMA) has launched registration for the public consultation. The consultation will take place on 13/06/2018 at the EMA premises. It will be an opportunity for patients, physicians, healthcare professionals, nurses,…
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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19/04/2018
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been notified by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish tissue bank Cryos International ApS (DK257551) of the disease of a child conceived with semen from donor 1291-KELD.The report of the disease described oculocutaneous albinism type 1 (OCA1) in the child, due to mutations in the TRY gene, which encodes the protein tyrinase.
messages in brief
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17/04/2018
World Hemophilia Day 2018 Hemophilia is a congenital, lifelong increased bleeding tendency in which a deficiency or complete absence of certain blood components (clotting factors) leads to a disturbance of normal hemostasis. Approximately 850,…
Recall
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Medicines
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17/04/2018
The marketing authorization holder has informed its supplied customers in a letter dated April 16, 2018, that a shortfall in the protein nitrogen content was detected during an internal quality control and that the affected batch of the Prick Test…
messages in brief
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12/04/2018
With regard to the APA report "APA0151 5 WI 0205 WB/CI" of Thursday, April 12, 2018, the Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) takes the liberty of making the following correction: The procedure in question is an official procedure of the…
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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26/03/2018
The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the French authority that a sharp increase in dengue virus cases has been recorded on Reunion Island since January 2018.