Burning issues on Belgian trains
Belgian trains are about to become off-limits to smokers and the debate over extending the ban to other public spaces simmers on in Belgium – and across Europe.
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The threat of depleted geraniums
American and British forces have failed to find any WMD in Iraq, but our reporter has stumbled across a nightmare cache of biological weapons right on his Brussels’ doorstep. He risks life and limb to stop and smell the flowers.
Read MoreEuropean Commission gets tough on illicit drugs
The European Commission has drawn up proposals for stringent new regulations aimed at combating the growing profusion of illicit drugs by targeting the production and distribution of dual-use chemicals, known as precursors.
Read MoreCure needed for sick man of Europe
The European drug industry is looking on with rising alarm as its American rivals pull further and further ahead in
Read MoreTropical diseases ignored by companies
The pharameutical industry’s neglect of tropical diseases has deadly consequences for poor people around the world.
Read MorePfizer buys up rival Pharmacia
The world’s largest pharmaceuticals firm, Pfizer, has agreed to acquire rival US drug company Pharmacia for a reported €52.5 billion in stock, raising speculation that the fragmented industry will be seized by merger mania.
Read MoreIs the parallel trade in prescription drugs a malaise or cure?
As the EU prepares to expand eastwards, new battle lines are being drawn in the confrontation over national price-setting for prescription drugs – and in the cross-border parallel trade it engenders in the light of free movement of goods across the single market.
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