The Medicines Authority has just launched a new service through which medical practitioners, dentists, pharmacists and health care professionals can recieve sms notifications with the latest information on medicinal products. The service is available free of charge for product recalls and when a Medicines Authority Circular is issued. Product Recall Notifications: Where a defe...

The   Malta Health Network (MHN) brings together health NGOs to work together to give a  better voice by being more in number.   MHN is organising a forum to celebrate and raise awareness on European Patients' Rights Day.  This year it is being held on the 18th April, 4-6.30pm, details on confirmed speakers so far is in the attached programme.  All healthcare professionals are ...

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The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of the Directive on Falsified Medicines. The Directive paves the way for the electronic verification of medicines in European pharmacies, and for the first time at European level partially regulates the sale of medicines through the internet, although prohibitions on the on-line...

Medicines Authority should NOT be part of new consumer affairs body The Kamra ta' l-Ispizjara ta' Malta/Malta Chamber of Pharmacists expresses its surprise and serious concerns at the declarations in parliament by the opposition spokesman on Consumer protection, Hon. Silvio Parnis and Opposition spokesman on health, Hon. Anthony Zammit calling for the inclusion of the Medici...

20 December 2010 To all Pharmacist Proprietors and Pharmacy Owners, Managing and Locum Pharmacists participating in the POYC in BIRKIRKARA IMPORTANT Meeting On WEDNESDAY 22nd December 2010 at 1.00 - 3.00p.m. At the Professional Centre, 127, Sliema Road, Gzira Agenda • Explanation of the Memorandum of Understanding that provides for the POYC and the Pharmacy Re...

TIMES OF MALTA Thursday, 17th June 2010 http://www.timesofmalta.com/business/view/20100617/features/restrictions-on-pharmacy-licences Mariosa Vella Cardona Certain demographic and geographical restrictions on the granting of new pharmacy licences are permissible, the European Court of Justice has recently ruled. This is only the case provided that the authorities ensure t...

ECJ RULING Berlin - EU member states are free to control the establishment of new pharmacies by demographic and geographic restrictions provided that those rules are not discriminatory and that they do not prevent, in areas with special demographic characteristics, the setting up of a sufficient number of pharmacies to ensure adequate pharmaceutical services. According ...