The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Greek authority that another confirmed locally acquired malaria case has been recorded in Greece. No travel activity of the infected person is known.

In a letter dated 19.09.2016, the marketing authorization holder informed its customers that yellow-brownish particles had been detected in the above batch and that a recall was therefore being carried out. The particles are traces of corrosion caused by an unsuitable connecting piece during filling.

The marketing authorization holder informed its supplied customers in a letter dated 13.09.2016 that its batch of "Chlorhexidine digluconate Sage 20 mg/ml impregnated wipe" must be recalled as it is possibly microbiologically contaminated withbecause it may be microbiologically contaminated with "Burkholderia cepacia". Infected wipes show a light…

The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Italian authority that WNV NAT testing will now be carried out in the provinces of Alessandria and Novara (Piedmont Region) in addition to the regions already announced.

On 31 August 2016 the autonomous Community of Madrid, Spain, reported two cases of infection with Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever(CCHF) virus.

The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Italian authority that WNV NAT testing will now be carried out in the province of Vercelli (Piedmont Region) in addition to the regions already announced.

Novo Nordisk is recalling 55 lots of GlucaGen HypoKit worldwide because in some cases the needle has come loose from the pre-filled syringe. In Austria, one batch is affected.

The marketing authorization holder has informed its customers as well as pharmacies, institutional pharmacies, physicians in private practice and patient organizations by letter dated 06.09.2016 that there is a possibility of a detached needle from the syringe in the above mentioned batch of GlucaGen HypoKit. During investigations based on two…

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Italian authority that WNV NAT testing will now be carried out in the province of Vicenza (Veneto Region) in addition to the regions already announced.

Given the current circulation of Zika virus ,the evidence of an association between Zika virus infection during pregnancy and congenital malformations of the central nervous system (CNS), the association between Zikavirus infection and Guillain–Barré syndrome(GBS)and the risk of local vector-borne transmission in Europe during the 2016 summer…