Highlights the main points of a Royal Spanish decree published in January 1993 regulating the selection of drugs to be funded by the Spanish National Health Service, the first in a series of laws intended to improve drug availability as well as financing by public funds. Creation of National ...
In Spain, the general liability regime for defective products is set out in Royal Legislative Decree no. 1/2007, of 16 November, approving the revised text of the General Law for the Protection of Consumers and Users and other complementary laws (“RLD 1/2007”). This general liability regim...
Drug samplescollected throughout Spain can be sent to this facility. Drug samples, which failed in the first analysis are sent to Government Analyst (GA). PrescriptionDrug samplesare Illegal Drugs under this Policy unless accompanied by a note from the physician providing the samples. ...
Methadone maintenance treatment in Spain: the success of a harm reduction approach Problem During the 1980s, Spain had very strict laws limiting access to opioid agonist maintenance treatment (OAMT). Because of this, mortality among peopl... M Torrens,F Fonseca,C Castillo,... - 《Bulletin of...
Despite tough anti-drug laws, a new survey shows the U.S. has the highest level of illegal drug use in the world. The World Health Organization's survey of legal and illegal drug use in 17 countries, including the Netherlands and other countries with less stringent drug laws, shows America...
• EU: France, Germany, Italy, and Spain; • BRIC: Brazil and China; • Trans-Pacific Partnership: Japan; and • Commonwealth: Canada and UK. Raw materials used to manufacture APIs and the API manufacturing process itself are subject to tight controls, and global regulations including ...
This is why regulatory agencies play a significant role in the safe clinical adoption of new technologies. They must scrutinize all aspects of any new technology, identify potential pitfalls, and create proper laws. The road ahead will undoubtedly require a concerted effort to address the ethical,...
Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is an adverse reaction to drugs or other xenobiotics that occurs either as a predictable event when an individual is exposed to toxic doses of some compounds or as an unpredictable event with many drugs in common use. Dru
in France and Germany and its interlink with the first drug laws. While emerging disease concepts of addiction were important in paving the way for prohibition, this shows, they could not predict the nature of the laws passed. Germany, notably, though a leader in addiction research, failed to...
Nevertheless, in developed countries, orphan drug laws are criticized because they prioritize private sector profits in the form of market exclusivity with inadequate guarantees for patient accessibility or affordability [76, 78]. In contrast, in resource-stretched countries, the mechanism may bring a ...