Progress in the fight against communicable diseases in Europe
At an international meeting of European health experts, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) launched the third annual report on epidemiology showing that Europe is making progress in the fight against communicable diseases.
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JAC's EPMA Wins Technology Innovation Award
JAC have been presented with the 2009 European e-Prescription Systems Technology Innovation Award by Frost & Sullivan (F&S). The award was based on research by F&S's own analysts and recognises JAC for continuously innovating and upgrading individual disciplines of e-prescription technology.
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BMJ Group provides authoritative update on swine flu vaccination
The latest guidance on swine flu vaccination for healthcare professionals is now available. It will be published as a learning module on BMJ Learning and as a downloadable audio file on the BMJ's pandemic flu microsite.
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MarkMonitor Finds Online Drug Brand Abuse is Growing
MarkMonitor, the global leader in enterprise brand protection, today released the company's latest Brandjacking Index, which finds a parallel online system of pharmaceutical supply and demand fuelled by continued growth in listings for pharmaceuticals on business-to-business (B2B) exchange sites as well as increased traffic to illicit pharmacies.
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EU-funded researchers hunt down tumour killers using bacteria
Infamous bacteria impacting our lives are Salmonellae, usually found in chicken and eggs. But are they getting too much of a bad rap? EU-funded researchers in Germany may have actually succeeded in putting a positive spin on Salmonellae following the discovery that the bacteria can migrate into solid tumours and destroy them.
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EU Veterinary Week 2009
This year's edition of the EU Veterinary Week (28 September to 4 October 2009), organised by the European Commission in partnership with Federation of Veterinarians of Europe, aims once more to promote the work and the role of EU veterinarians for animal and public health.
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Skin formation mechanisms revealed, promise progress in cancer fight
Scientists in Italy have discovered two proteins that control the formation of skin cells from stem cells deposited at the base of the skin. The discovery raises hopes for the fight against a variety of epithelial cancers. Now published in Nature Cell Biology, the study received partial financial support from different projects funded under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).
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