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Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Nucala, mepolizumab, Date of authorisation: 01/12/2015, Revision: 29, Status: Authorised
Human medicines European public assessment report (EPAR): Nucala, mepolizumab, Date of authorisation: 01/12/2015, Revision: 29, Status: Authorised
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Programme of the 2026 annual meeting of the European network of paediatric research at EMA (EnprEMA)
Programme of the 2026 annual meeting of the European network of paediatric research at EMA (EnprEMA)
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Meeting highlights from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) 14-17 September 2026
12 new medicines recommended for approvalEMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) recommended 12 medicines for approval at its September 2026 meeting.The committee recommended…, CHMP statistics Key figures from the September 2026 CHMP meeting are represented in the graphic below. © European…
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Communicable disease threats report, 12-18 September, week 38
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 12-18 September, and includes updates on Ebola, malaria, botulism, avian influenza A(H9N2), influenza A(H5), respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/.EEA, West Nile virus infections, chikungunya,…
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Türkiye: LGBT Rights Crackdown Strikes at Rule of Law
Click to expand Image Demonstrators assemble on September 15, 2026, outside the Istanbul courthouse to protest the arrests of LGBT activists and raids on LGBT rights associations in cities across Türkiye. More than 100 demonstrators were also arrested…
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Georgia Court Sentences Ex-Security Chief to 13 Years in Prison in Corruption Case
Former State Security Service of Georgia chief Grigol Liluashvili allegedly collected more than $2 million in bribes, including taking more than $1 million to protect an organized crime group's scam center operation.
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Iraq Sentences Former Electricity Director General to Seven Years for illicit enrichment
An internal investigation into 127 fraudulent transactions led to a seven-year sentence for a former electricity distribution chief who has to pay millions in fines and restitution.
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Bosnia Seizes 1.1 Tons of Synthetic Drugs Worth Up to €33 Million
Authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina have seized nearly 1.1 metric tonnes of dangerous synthetic cathinones with a potential street value of up to 33 million euros ($37.82 million), and arrested two suspects, marking the largest synthetic drug bust…
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Accelerometer-derived real-world sleep stages and risk of incident diseases: A UK Biobank cohort study and phenome-wide association analysis
by Jingsong Luo, Ruiyi Liu, Jie Yin, Wangnan Cao, Shengzhi Sun, Rui Chen Background Previous studies utilizing self-reported data or polysomnography have found that poor sleep quality is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. However, the…
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Blood test trend versus single threshold abnormality to discriminate cancer from non-cancer in patients with unexpected weight loss: A retrospective cohort study
by Brian D. Nicholson, Clare R. Bankhead, Sufen Zhu, Jason Lee Oke, Cynthia Wright Drakesmith, Rafael Perera, Frederick D. Richard Hobbs, Pradeep S. Virdee Background Unexpected weight loss (UWL) is a non-specific cancer symptom. Abnormalities in the most…
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