login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9988
Contents Publication in full By article 41 / 44
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health

Go-ahead for sale of first H1N1 vaccines

Brussels, 30/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - Following the positive scientific opinion issued by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), on 24 September, the European Commission authorised the marketing of the first two vaccines for the H1N1 strain of the flu virus, one from Swiss laboratory Novartis (vaccine called Focetria) and the other from the UK lab GlaxoSmithKline (Pandemrix), the Commission has announced in a press release. The vaccines will be authorised for use in all member states of the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The EU must act as a unit where possible at the G20
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Commission unveils ideas to strengthen strategic partnership and proposes new funding instrument
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: New complaint to Czech Constitutional Court - Topolánek fears loss of Czech Commissioner
(EU) EU/GEORGIA/RUSSIA: Tbilisi started war, but Russia has to share responsibility, EU report says
(EU) EP/CHINA: Sponsored by European Parliament, Human Rights Watch marks 60 years of democracy denied by Communist regime
(EU) EU/PACIFIC: EU expresses its condolences and offers aid to families of victims of tsunami in Samoa
(EU) EP/LIBYA: Framework agreement with Libya would be shameful, says Véronique de Keyser
(EU) EU/ISRAEL/PALESTINE:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission adopts urban mobility action plan
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Private companies call for European rail freight policy to be more ambitious
(EU) EU/ANTITRUST: Commission "readopts" cartel decision in concrete reinforcing bar sector - Eight Italian companies fined
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Green light to regional tax credit system to promote new investments in Sicily
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Public funding of broadband network project in Hauts-de-Seine is approved
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises aid for airport infrastructure in three Lithuanian airports
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Go-ahead for Italian aid scheme for rail freight in Emilia Romagna
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: signature of a new fishing deal with the Solomon Islands
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Speed and leadership will be key if EU is to conclude reform of its financial supervision system this December
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission publishes results of its consultation on the planned SEPA
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EP/TECHNOLOGY: Europe must develop high-performance culture and create more flexible framework for innovation, says president of EIT
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY:
(EU) EP/JHA: Report by Tanja Fajon sows seeds of trouble over visa exemption granted to Balkans
(EU) EU/JHA: Barrot pleads for end to navel-gazing over immigration
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EP/JHA:
(EU) EP/CONSUMERS: Controversy surrounding harmonisation in draft directive on consumer rights
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission increases emergency aid to victims of Typhoon Ketsana to €4 million
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: €165 million 6-year Central African regional indicative programme signed
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Over 1,000 take part in European Culture Forum
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Commission awards European literature prize
(EU) EP/EMPLOYMENT: MEPs have mixed reactions to Vladimir Špidla's report on proposals and initiatives -Barroso-Špidla relations
(EU) EP/EMPLOYMENT: Commission proposal on lorry drivers' hours is rejected
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court annuls freeze on Sison assets
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court reduces fine imposed on Hoechst in 2005
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Go-ahead for sale of first H1N1 vaccines
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan for Paris tramway extension
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 30/09/2009: