1. December 11, 2020

    Medication errors: 112 errors reported to the FAMHP since 2016

    Source: FAMHP

    The FAMHP Medication errors working group has received 112 notifications of proven or potential errors since 2016. Thanks to these notifications, corrective or preventive measures were put in place, in collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry.

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  2. December 4, 2020

    IFAPP Today newsletter

    Source: IFAPP

    Please find here the link to the IFAPP TODAY newsletter of December 2020.

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  3. December 4, 2020

    Influenza vaccination: extension of priority for most vulnerable persons

    Source: FAMHP

    Griepvaccinatie: verlenging van prioriteit voor meest kwetsbare personen

    Vaccination contre la grippe: prolongation de la priorité pour les personnes les plus vulnérables

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  4. December 3, 2020

    Corona virus: the Interministerial Conference on Public Health signs the European purchase of the Moderna candidate vaccine and finalises COVID-19 vaccination strategy.

    Coronavirus: de Interministeriële Conferentie Volksgezondheid tekent in op de Europese aankoop van het kandidaatvaccin Moderna en legt laatste hand aan COVID-19 vaccinatiestrategie

    Coronavirus : La Conférence Interministérielle Santé publique souscrit à la procédure d’achat européenne pour le candidat vaccin Moderna et finalise la stratégie de vaccination COVID-19

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  5. December 3, 2020

    Coronavirus: EMA receives first two applications for conditional marketing authorisation for COVID-19 vaccines

    Source: FAMHP

    Coronavirus: EMA ontvangt de eerste twee aanvragen voor een voorwaardelijke marktvergunning voor COVID-19-vaccins

    Coronavirus: l'EMA reçoit les deux premières demandes d'autorisation de mise sur le marché conditionnelle pour des vaccins contre la COVID-19

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  6. December 3, 2020

    Oral nicotine pouches are considered medicinal products

    Source: FAMHP

    Considering the risk to the consumer, the Joint Commission’s Chamber for products for human use has deemed that “Killapods” or “Lyft”-style oral nicotine pouches are to be considered medicinal products by function.

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  7. December 3, 2020

    Coronavirus: further extension of the measures taken by the FAMHP to avoid medicinal product shortages

    Source: FAMHP

    On 1 April 2020, the FAMHP took steps regarding a range of medicinal products in order to avoid any shortage. These measures have now been extended by one month.

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  8. December 3, 2020

    Flash VIG-news: Trisenox (arsenic trioxide): risk of medication errors due to the introduction of a new concentration of 2 mg/ml

    Source: FAMHP

    The FAMHP warns healthcare professionals prescribing, delivering and administering Trisenox about the risk of dosing errors as a new presentation of the medicine is launched on the market.

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  9. November 26, 2020

    Brexit: the FAMHP reminds marketing authorisation holders at the end of the transitional period to submit variations

    Source: FAMHP

    - Brexit: het FAGG herinnert houders van een vergunning voor het in de handel brengen aan het einde van de overgangsperiode om variaties in te dienen

    - Brexit: l’AFMPS rappelle aux titulaires d’autorisation de mise sur le marché la fin de la période de transition pour soumettre les variations

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  10. November 26, 2020

    Coronavirus: Belgium subscribes to the purchase of the CureVac candidate vaccine

    Source: FAMHP

    - Coronavirus: België tekent in op de aankoop van kandidaatvaccin CureVac

    - Coronavirus: La Belgique souscrit à l’achat du vaccin candidat CureVac

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