MedSafety Week 2026 New #MedSafetyWeek 2026: Don’t ignore side effects – report them! BASG and AGES support an international campaign for greater medicines safety. “Don’t ignore side effects – report them” – this is the slogan for #MedSafetyWeek 2026. In Austria, AGES and the Federal Office for Safety in Healthcare (BASG) are taking part. Medicines…

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• MedSafety Week 2026

BASG and AGES are supporting an international campaign to improve medicines safety. #MedSafetyWeek was launched in 2016 and is taking place for the eleventh time this year, during the week of 2 to 8 November 2026. More than 130 organisations from over 120 countries are spreading the message in more than 60 languages.

The Austrian Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) that, in addition to the regions already communicated, further autochthonous human WNV infections have been reported in Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia.

The Austrian Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) that, in addition to the regions already communicated, further autochthonous human WNV infections have been reported in North Overijssel and Southeast North Brabant, the Netherlands.

The Austrian Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) that, in addition to the provinces already communicated, confirmed autochthonous human WNV infections have been reported in the province of Córdoba, Spain.

Dem Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen (BASG) wurde von der ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) mitgeteilt, dass in Kroatien, zusätzlich zu den bereits bekannt gegebenen Regionen, in Vukovar-Syrmien weitere humane autochthone WNV-Infektionen verzeichnet wurden.

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• Update: West Nile Virus (WNV) – Croatia

Dem Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen (BASG) wurde von der ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) mitgeteilt, dass zusätzlich zu den bereits bekannt gegebenen Regionen, in den Niederlanden in Nord-Overijssel und Südost-Nordbrabant weitere humane autochthone WNV-Infektionen verzeichnet wurden.

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• Update: West Nile Virus (WNV) – The Netherlands

Dem Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen (BASG) wurde von der ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) mitgeteilt, dass in Spanien, zusätzlich zu den bereits bekannt gegebenen Provinzen, in Córdoba autochthone humane WNV-Infektionen verzeichnet wurden.

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• Update: West Nile Virus (WNV) – Spain

This issue of RMS NEWS again contains current and relevant news for our applicants for marketing authorisations with Austria as RMS.