Official announcements
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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30/10/2017
The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care was informed by the Danish authority that it was informed by the Danish tissue bank Nordic Cryobank ApS - NCB - (European Sperm Bank) about a microduplication in the PAR1 regionXp22.33/Yp11.32 in sperm donor 8040/ADLER. The duplication was verified by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification(MLPA; probemix P018-G1 SHOX, MRC-Holland). The duplication does not involve the SHOX gene but is located downstream in the regulatory region.
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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25/10/2017
The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the French authority that the first human WNV infection has been confirmed in Nice. Therefore, the French authority extends the seasonal WNV surveillance until November 15, 2017.
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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09/10/2017
Italy is currently experiencing four clusters of autochthonous chikungunya cases in the cities of Anzio, Latina and Rome in the Lazio region, and the city of Guardavalle Marina in the Calabria region.
Autochthonous transmission of mosquito-borne infections is not unexpected in areas where Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are established and at a time when environmental conditions are favouring mosquito abundance and activity.
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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06/10/2017
The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Romanian authorities that two new human WNV (meningitis/meningoencephalitits) infections have been confirmed in the capital city of Bucharest.
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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06/10/2017
The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Italian authority that four confirmed cases of malaria have been recorded in non-EU citizens in Italy (Apulia Region: Ginosa, Taranto Province).
Recall
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Medicines
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03/10/2017
In a letter dated September 27, 2017, the marketing authorization holder informed its customers that an incorrect expiration date was printed on batch 7103 of "Coldan Nasal Spray". The expiration date was printed incorrectly as "2022-06" (June 2022),…
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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02/10/2017
The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Italian authority that two more confirmed autochthonous chikungunya cases have been recorded. The reports themselves come from Rome - Lazio Region and Reggio Emilia - Emilia Romagna Region.
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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26/09/2017
186 Total notified cases
Safety warnings
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Blood & Tissue
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26/09/2017
The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Romanian authority that, in addition to the regions already announced, a confirmed human WNV infection (meningitis/encephalitis) has occurred in the Calarasi region.
messages in brief
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25/09/2017
Vienna (OTS) - The Ministry of Health and AGES Medizinmarktaufsicht/Federal Office for Safety in Health Care Austria, together with the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Finance, were again able to seize numerous illegal medicines this…