Keyword: World Health Organization (WHO)
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01.04.2016
- Glaxo SmithKline has announced it will waive patent protection for new medicines in the world’s poorest countries, such as Afghanistan, Rwanda and Cambodia, allowing cheaper...
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24.03.2016
- Expressing serious concerns about the carcinogenicity and endocrine disruptive properties of the herbicide active ingredient glyphosate, the European Parliament’s Environment (ENVI...
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09.03.2016
- The EU has again postponed a decision on whether to extend its approval for glyphosate, the controversial active ingredient for a number of herbicides including Monsanto's Roundup...
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05.02.2016
- Immediately following the decision by the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a global emergency over the Zika virus' suspected link to birth defects, Sanofi Pasteur, the...
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27.01.2016
- Major agribusiness company Monsanto has filed a lawsuit in California to prevent glyphosate from being added to the US state’s list of known carcinogens, according to a Reuters...
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27.01.2016
- Geneva, Switzerland-based GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization), a public-private partnership, and Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), known in the US as Merck & Co, have...
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15.12.2015
- Mexico has granted marketing authorization to Sanofi Pasteur for its dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia. The vaccine is the world’s first to be approved for preventing the disease which is...
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04.12.2015
- The European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) has adopted a resolution urging the EU Commission not to approve the use of glyphosate-tolerant GM maize NK603 x T25 in food...
