The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish tissue bank European Sperm Bank (DK257572) that a child has become ill in connection with the donation of the sperm donor 8396-EMRE.

The BASG participates in the worldwide social media campaign called #MedSafetyWeek to raise public awareness of the importance of adverse drug reaction reporting.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish tissue bank Cryos International (DK257551) that two children (from different families) have become ill in connection with the donation of the sperm donor HADEN.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish tissue bank Cryos International (DK257551) that a child has become ill in connection with the donation of the sperm donor JASPER.

Excipients used in the manufacture of active ingredients (such as lactose, whey, sucrose, honey, ethanol, glycerol) that may be present in trace amounts in the finished product have been re-evaluated according to the Excipients guideline and no longer need to be mentioned in the product information if they are less than or equal to a certain threshold. Above this threshold, a listing in FI and GI is required and the corresponding warnings must be mentioned in the product information.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care was informed by the ECDC that there has been a confirmed human cases of WNV infection in Bulgaria in the province of Pazardjik.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the ECDC that there has been a confirmed human cases of WNV infection in the Utrecht region of the Netherlands.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care was informed by the ECDC that human cases of WNV infection have been recorded in Romania in addition to those already known in the Satu Mare and Ialomita regions.

The Federal Office for Public Health was informed by the Italian authority that a confirmed human infection with WNV has been recorded in the province of Vicenza (Veneto).

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the ECDC that confirmed human cases of WNV infection have occurred in Germany in Anhalt-Bitterfeld and Halle (Saale).