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EMA fast tracks review of a medicine for metastatic pancreatic cancer
EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has started a phased review of data on daraxonrasib, a medicine intended for the treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer. A phased…
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Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 6-9 July 2026
PRAC agrees new safety information on desogestrel- and etonogestrel-containing contraceptives and Litfulo, a medicine to treat alopecia areata Desogestrel- and etonogestrel-…, Agenda Agenda of the PRAC meeting 6-9 July 2026Draft Reference Number: EMA/PRAC/141965/2026…, PRAC statistics: July 2026 ,…
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Response plan to control and manage the threat of multi-and extensively drug-resistant gonorrhoea in Europe – Indicator monitoring 2023
This report reviews the progress made between 2019 and 2023 and monitors the effectiveness of the 2019 Response Plan.
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France’s New Anti-Racism Plan Falls Short
Click to expand Image France's junior Minister for equality Aurore Berge during the presentation of the new national Plan to fight against racism, antisemitism and discrimination based on origin at the Bibliotheque Nationale of France (BNF) in Paris…
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Bangladesh: Landslides Deadly for Rohingya Refugees
Click to expand Image Rescuers work at the site of a landslide at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, July 8, 2026. © 2026 Shamimul Islam Faisal/AP Photo (Bangkok) – The deadly risks facing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh…
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Millions in a Storm Drain: Iraq Cracks Open 'Integrated Network' in Massive Oil Scandal
A drainage-pit discovery pushes total asset seizures from former Deputy Oil Minister Adnan al-Jumaili past $120 million, exposing what lawmakers call a highly coordinated, systemic kickback network.
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Critics Slam Albania’s Emergency Bailout of Kanye West Concert as a $5 Million Smoke Screen
Prime Minister Edi Rama is under fire for deploying $4.9 million from state reserves to bankroll the controversial rapper's Tirana performance—a move critics label a "bread and circus" plot to drown out weeks of fierce anti-corruption protests over…
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Communicable disease threats report, 6 – 10 July 2026, week 28
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 6 - 10 July 2026, and includes updates on Ebola, West Nile Virus infections, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Vibrio, Influenza A (H9N2), expert deployment, and an…
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European Parliament Resolution on Sudan Should Spark Action
Click to expand Image Villagers from Al-Luwaib in North Kordofan stand at a burial site for victims of a drone strike, in El Obeid, Sudan, January 14, 2026. © 2026 El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters The European Parliament adopted a…
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Five Years On, Hundreds of Cuban Protesters Still Behind Bars
Click to expand Image Riot police walk the streets after a demonstration against the government of President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Arroyo Naranjo Municipality, Havana, Cuba, on July 12, 2021. © 2021 Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images Five years…
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