Brussels, 08/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - On 4 October, the Council of Ministers adopted without debate, new rules on pharmacovigilance (a regulation and a directive) as a means to improve patient safety. This adoption follows a first reading agreement with the European Parliament on 12 September last (EUROPE 10687). New rules will strengthen the provisions adopted by the Council on 29 November 2010, following the mediator scandal, which exposed shortcomings in the revised legislation in 2011....