A drug trafficking operation involving narcotics was dismantled in Île-de-France, using methods such as the use of rockets and yellow taxis. #traficdeproduits #IledeFrance #medicaments (translated)
In Belgium, no fewer than 8,730 unwanted effects of medications were reported in 2025, with the AFMPS emphasizing the importance of reporting suspicious reactions to improve the safety of medicines. #Santé #Médicaments #EffetsIndésirables (translated)
Rilatine MR, a medication for ADHD, will no longer be reimbursed in Belgium starting November 1st, forcing patients to switch to the generic Equasym if they want to continue receiving reimbursements. #TDAH #médicaments #Belgique (translated)
Terracid asked George Bureau if it was acceptable to let doctors who, in his opinion, were chaining two-minute video consultations without listening to patients or asking them questions, before prescribing them inappropriate medications that made them sick. He criticized them for treating Doctolib as a source of income. #Médecine #Santé #Patient (translated)
Fdesouche.com stated that the situation at the Saint-Denis station (93) has deteriorated since the election of Bally Bagayoko, mentioning street vendors selling skewers and corn, as well as cigarette and smuggled medicine trafficking. https://t.co/ZGZG6E3HE0 https://t.co/eHcyzdMswd #SaintDenis #Sécurité #Société (translated)
Eli Lilly expresses regret over the Belgian authorities' decision not to reimburse its treatment for obesity, Mounjaro, highlighting the absence of reimbursement for medications for this disease in Belgium despite its significant impact on public health. #Obésité #Médicament #Remboursement (translated)
The author wrote that Jacques Chirac was very concerned about the deaths he attributed to counterfeit medicines in sub-Saharan Africa, which he estimated at 450,000 per year. He said he remembered Chirac in Dakar with President Wade, where he was trying to understand the situation on the ground. https://t.co/GE2Kz8WjvD #Chirac #Santé #Afrique #SN #CI #FR (translated)
Eric.k, known as The Irradiated Radish, had supported the people who were protesting and called for them to act peacefully and watch over each other. He advised them to charge their phones, bring water, snacks, their medications and papers, notify a loved one, and set up a meeting point as well as several exit routes, due to transport disruptions and station closures he had announced. He also recommended filming important events from a distance, keeping the original files, and noting the time and place of the events. According to him, filming law enforcement officers on duty in public was legal in France. He advised saving the videos, protecting their accounts, and not posting images that would unnecessarily expose the identity of other protesters. He finally urged to film the RIO to the maximum. #Manifestation #DroitDeManifester #Soutien (translated)
The European Medicines Agency has recommended the approval of a new innovative treatment for pancreatic cancer, marking a major advancement in the fight against this disease. #Santé #Cancer #Médicaments (translated)
The author stated that Volodymyr Zelensky had requested an additional 70 billion from the countries of the European Union for 2027. According to him, France should contribute 13 billion euros, an amount he described as ruinous. He also wrote that, at the same time, measures aimed at reducing reimbursements for medications and un-indexing pensions over 1,260 euros were being considered in France. #Ukraine #UnionEuropéenne #Finances #FR (translated)
Guillaume Kasbarian indicated that prescribed and dispensed medications that were never used cost 517 million euros per year to the health insurance. He added that his amendment aimed at generalizing the dispensing of medications by unit had been adopted in committee and could allow, according to him, up to 2.25 billion euros in savings over 5 years. https://t.co/1TmonaKMPo #Santé #Médicaments #Économie (translated)
The deputies voted in committee to extend the issuance to the unit of medicines in pharmacies, aiming to reduce waste, while expanding access to vaccination and delaying the coverage of the health insurance for hospital staff. #SécuritéSociale #Médicaments #Pharmacie (translated)
The deputies voted in committee to broaden the issuance of medications, allowing pharmacists to provide the exact number of prescribed medications, instead of being limited to the box sizes imposed by the laboratories. #Budget2027 #Santé #Médicaments (translated)
The deputies adopted an amendment allowing pharmacists to dispense medications by unit, rather than by whole boxes, in order to improve medical prescriptions and reduce costs for health insurance. #Santé #Pharmacies #Médicaments (translated)
The president of Vooruit, Conner Rousseau, was not in favor of the idea that essential goods – meat, non-alcoholic beverages, medications, property renovations, etc. – could be subject to a VAT of 9% instead of 6% today. #TVA #Belgique #Fiscalité (translated)
A nursing assistant from a nursing home near Menton has been placed in provisional detention on suspicion of having administered non-prescribed medications to residents in order to steal from them. #Ehpad #Justice #AideSoignante (translated)
A caregiver, suspected of administering medication to steal jewelry from residents of a nursing home in the Alpes-Maritimes, has been placed in provisional detention after admitting to the facts during her police custody. #Ehpad #Justice #AlpesMaritimes (translated)
Cerfia indicated that Utah had become the first U.S. state to allow, as part of an experimental program, an artificial intelligence to prescribe medications without direct supervision from a doctor. According to the report, the AI analyzed patients' faces, assessed the severity of their acne, and could prescribe one of eight authorized treatments, to be picked up directly at the pharmacy. Cerfia added that the first 100 prescriptions would be verified by a doctor before being issued, and then human oversight would gradually be reduced to a monthly review of at least 10% of prescriptions, citing the *Los Angeles Times*. #IntelligenceArtificielle #Santé #Innovation (translated)
French health industry stakeholders are calling for immediate commercialization of medications after their approval, without waiting for price negotiations, citing the German model where 93% of new medications are accessible. #Santé #Pharmaceutique #AccèsAuxMédicaments (translated)
Emmanuelle Servais, leader of the Pharmacie Servais network, warns against the declining profitability of pharmacies and calls on the government to renegotiate the margin on expensive medications, emphasizing that the resale value of pharmacies is decreasing due to strict regulations and high operating costs. #Pharmacies #Rentabilité #SantéPublique (translated)
