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Health Intelligence, Europe’s Superbug Fight

July 24, 2017 by Brian Maguire

Brian Maguire, Brussels, Health Intelligence - EBX - July 2017

The European Commission has launched its new anti-microbial resistance Action Plan. Anti-microbial resistance is responsible for an estimated 25,000 deaths per year in the European Union and a financial loss of around 1.5 billion euros, relating to healthcare costs and productivity losses. Launching the new Action Plan, Vytenis Andriukaitis, the Commissioner for Health and Food […]

Filed Under: Blogs, European Commission, European Health, European Parliament

EBX Health Intelligence – Europe Gets Real About Superbugs

March 21, 2016 by Brian Maguire

EBX Health Intelligence presented by Brian Maguire

On Health Intelligence this week, Europe gets real about superbugs. This month in the European Parliament the Public Health Committee is focused on tackling superbugs; in part, MEPs want to curb the use of antibiotics to fight back against the growing risk of antimicrobial resistance. Rapporteur, French MEP Françoise Grossetête said: “With the World Health Organisation […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Brian Maguire, European Health

Is 2016 the Year of the Pandemic?

January 18, 2016 by Brian Maguire

Brian Maguire, Political Correspondent, Brussels

What if ISIS is the least of our worries this year? What if bacteria pose the greatest threat to Europe in 2016? Much like the rise of jihadi chaos, microbial resistance has been steadily, almost silently, expanding. We won’t see the impact of antimicrobial resistance in our everyday lives until it’s too late, until every […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Brian Maguire, Business, Business Innovation, European Health, Health, Science

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