Published 6 October 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b4107
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b4107
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Another swine flu vaccine is approved in Europe: The European Medicines Agency has approved another vaccine against A/H1N1 flu, Baxter’s Celvapan, for licensing by the European Commission. Two other vaccines, Focetria from Novartis and Pandemrix from GlaxoSmithKline, were licensed by the European Commission on 29 September. Celvapan and Pandemrix will be used in the United Kingdom’s vaccination programme.
Wales considers banning use of sunbeds by young people: The Welsh Assembly’s health minister, Edwina Hart, has warned that the unregulated use of sunbeds is a public health problem. She said, "I am particularly concerned about the use of sunbeds by people under the age of 18 and by the use of coin operated sunbeds. It is my intention to prohibit the use of sunbeds by persons under 18 years of age and also to ban the operation of unstaffed sunbed salons in Wales."
MHRA issues warning over unlicensed "herbal valium": The
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