Sales of veterinary antibiotics across Europe dropped by more than 32% between 2011 and 2017, according to the latest report published by the European Medicines Agency.

Safe abortion is here to stay - but there remains much work to do, writes Dr Mike Thompson.

Women and girls taking an epilepsy drug that causes birth defects should be automatically reviewed by specialists to see if alternatives can be prescribed, campaigners say.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) will not relocate to Dublin after it leaves the UK, after the Irish capital was pipped at the post by Paris in dramatic fashion.

An Irish mother whose sons have been affected by exposure to an epilepsy drug has told European medical experts they must ensure that all women taking the drug are aware of the risks.

Europe’s banking and medical oversight agencies are seen as the first tangible spoils that the remaining EU 27 countries will secure from Brexit.

Dublin is among more than 20 European cities battling to become the new homes to two EU agencies which will leave London because of Brexit.

Almost all EU countries are likely to bid to host the two major regulatory agencies that have to be relocated from London, setting up a potential squabble between the 27 remaining members that have so far shown a united front on Brexit.

A drug derived from cannabis offers new hope to people with untreatable forms of epilepsy, according to the results of a new study.

Ireland must make it clear that we will not be “railroaded” into a Brexit agreement by other EU countries, warns MEP Brian Hayes.

Health Minister Simon Harris will today travel to London to try to convince the European Medicines Agency of the merits of relocating to Dublin.

Just how rigorous public acute hospitals are in preventing medication errors will come under health watchdog scrutiny from next month.

The Brexit decision has wide-ranging implications for Ireland and, in particular, Irish and UK businesses operating and trading across the Irish Sea.

A EU clampdown has been announced on use of one of the five most commonly used antibiotics in animals.

Uncertainty over the future of Britain remaining in the EU has big pharmaceutical manufacturers in Ireland, and around the world, worried.

The world’s first malaria vaccine got a green light from European drugs regulators who recommended it should be licensed for use in babies in Africa at risk of the mosquito-borne disease.

A pioneering drug to treat an inherited cancer could be the beginning of personalised tumour treatments. 

Medical experts are reviewing the safety of drug widely used to treat diabetes after experts linked it to pancreatic cancer.

The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) says it is “aware” of health concerns in Canada linking cancer treatment drug Avastin and a flesh-eating virus.

IT’S three months into the horsemeat saga and we might finally have run out of decent jokes.

Business in the Northern Ireland Assembly was briefly interrupted by protesters.

MENINGITIS. It’s a word that scares parents.

FEARS that the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix may be linked to a chronic sleep disorder have been fuelled by data that has emerged just weeks before the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control concludes a review on its safety.

Thousands of UK students took to the streets today in a largely peaceful protest against government cuts and university fee hikes.

A LEADING anti-diabetes medicine is to be pulled from pharmacy shelves after a European review of the drug concluded that it could pose an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

A SUPPORT group for diabetes patients has advised people with the disease to keep taking a controversial popular drug despite concerns it can increase the risk of heart attacks.

A MAJOR probe has been launched into potential health risks caused by a leading swine flu vaccine after it was linked to the sleeping disorder narcolepsy.

AN Irish father who believes his son took his own life as a result of taking the drug Roaccutane has welcomed a decision by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to hand over information on adverse reactions to the anti-acne medicine from across the EU.

THE Irish Medicines Board has issued an urgent safety notice about the potential danger of various sexual enhancement products marketed as dietary supplements by a US manufacturer.

MTV denied that they had erected their own “wall” around U2’s free concert tonight, which celebrates 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The European Medicines Agency has approved two swine flu vaccines made by the pharmaceutical firms GlaxoSmithKline and Novartis.

Lost in translation, it could sound like an offer of Xanax, but with new language aids at hospital A&Es, the challenge of treating foreign-language patients is set to be overcome.

AN anti-smoking drug widely available in Ireland may have been a factor in the self-inflicted death of a man in Britain.

THE ISEQ index benefited from a strong performance from the banking sector yesterday. The Dublin exchange climbed 41.69 points to close at 7930.93.

Niall Murray, Education Correspondent

SHARES in Elan rose as much as 7% yesterday after the drug company said its treatment for Crohn’s disease could be on the market sooner than expected.