In Europe, nearly 35,000 people die each year due to antimicrobial resistance, mainly caused by inappropriate antibiotic use, as reflected in data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. This is a global public health problem, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has already identified as one of...
The HAPPY PATIENT team is joining World Antibiotic Awareness Week. Specifically, Maarten Lambert and Katja Taxis have been invited to an event organized by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). This Monday, Lambert was one of five panelists presenting some results of the HAPPY PATIENT project in a webinar with around...
The European Commission has recently put forth a proposal to amend the EU pharmaceutical legislation on April 26, 2023 (available at https://health.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-04/com_2023_193_1_act_en.pdf). This proposed revision aims to establish a unified market for medicines across all EU member states, thereby promoting greater accessibility to novel and effective drugs while also tackling...
