Commission calls for changes in drugs patent rules for developing countries
The EU has presented a proposal to the WTO concerning access to medicines for developing...
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G10 Medicines Group makes recommendations to enhance pharmaceutical competitiveness
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On 26 February 2002, the G10 Medicines Group adopted recommendations to enhance competitiveness in the...
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Spain warns EU about food safety risks of enlargement
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Spain's agriculture Minister Miguel Arias Canete declared last week that the candidate countries need to...
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EU gets emergency powers on food safety
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The EU's Regulation on food law, introducing emergency powers to take steps in case of...
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EU to ease tests on American "guaranteed hormone-free" beef
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The Standing Veterinary Committee has given a favourable opinion to a European Commission proposal to...
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First meeting of EP Foot and Mouth Comittee
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Encarnación Redondo Jiménez (EPP-ED, Spain) was appointed Chairman of the Temporary Foot and Mouth Committee...
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Farm ministers divided over tobacco subsidies
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At the Agriculture Council meeting on 18 February 2002, the EU agriculture ministers held an...
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The Case for Boutique Healthcare
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Ministers want tobacco-free Europe
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The health ministers and high representatives of 51 countries are meeting from 18 to 19...
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A health card for all Europeans?
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The European Commission is looking to launch a health card for all Europeans. The card...
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