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Safety warnings
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14/02/2019
During the transitional phase, strict limits are already in place for these impurities.
Safety warnings
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Medicines
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14/02/2019
During the transitional phase, strict limits are already in place for these impurities.
Safety warnings
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Medical devices
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22/01/2019
The product "Raindrop Near Vision Inlay" is a medical device for the treatment of presbyopia.
(presbyopia). It is implanted into the cornea of an eye and causes a change in the shape of the cornea.
Cornea, which is intended to improve sharp near vision.
messages in brief
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22/01/2019
A team from the Austrian Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) was a guest at the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) on Jan. 14, 2019. The aim was to cooperate more closely in the future in the regulation of medicinal products for the diagnosis…
Safety warnings
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Medicines
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21/12/2018
No acute danger, all packages available in Austria have already been recalled by BASG.
Safety warnings
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21/12/2018
Situation in Austria The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has received information that several packages of the drug "ALIMTA 500 mg Powder for the Preparation of a Concentrate for the Preparation of an Infusion Solution", for which…
Enforcement
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19/12/2018
Supposed natural products turn out to be counterfeit drugs.
messages in brief
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19/12/2018
The procedure for declaring duties for the year 2018 will change fundamentally as of 01.01.2019. As of this date, the self-declaration must be submitted and processed electronically via the web form at the Federal Office for Safety in Health Care.…
Enforcement
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06/12/2018
In the past, "Poppers" have been defined as functional drugs by the Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG). This classification was also confirmed in 2014 by a ruling of the Administrative Court (see below), whereby the provisions of the Medicines Act applied to the marketing of "Poppers". By a later decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ, see below) from the same year, the classification of "Poppers" as functional drugs was revoked and is therefore no longer applicable.
Safety warnings
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30/11/2018
Action at EU level The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has scientifically reassessed the serious, disabling and potentially permanent side effects of quinolone and fluoroquinolone antibiotics taken orally, injected or inhaled. This assessment also…