Online pharmacy market in just eleven months exceeds 62 million packs sold Seasonality and flu syndromes are also keeping up the engine of the online pharmacy market, which in eleven months totals a turnover of more than 630 million and exceeds 62 million packs sold. This is the snapshot that comes from the report with…
Flu epidemic boosts annual pharmacy sales by +23 billion The flu epidemic that is hitting the country with an uncommon virulence (more than 12 cases per thousand inhabitants in the seven days from November 21 to 27, only four other times in the last twelve years had this threshold been exceeded) also blows on the…
CAMD announces efforts to avoid plausible future shortage of essential medical devices On October 20-21, 2022, the 51st meeting of the European Union Competent Authorities for Medical Devices (CAMD) was held in Prague under the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union. As a reminder, with the adoption of the European Medical Device…
Food supplements containing extracts or preparations of Curcuma longa and spp.: label adjustment by 31/12/2022 The Ministry of Health, after a case of death due to acute hepatitis, the cause of which was linked to the use of a food supplement containing curcumin and piperine, reactivated the interdisciplinary group of experts established in 2019 when…
Efficacy of ayurvedic preparations in improving glycemic control in subjects with type 2 diabetes Several medicinal plants are used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus, and some recent research has shown their efficacy and safety. This recent systematic review evaluated and summarized the available efficacy and safety evidence on…
Pharmaceutical market boosts consumption thanks to flu season: +54% cough products The pharmacy market is back in the positive on the main push of influenza and airway viruses (rhinoviruses, adenoviruses), which continue to show a very strong growth curve compared to past years. This is the update coming from the report which Iqvia updates the…
In plenary in the European Parliament on the item “Review of the Medical Device Regulation” the future of the Medical Device Regulation was discussed. Recall that with the adoption of the European Medical Device Regulation (MDR) 2017/745, the regulation has changed dramatically. The main objective of the MDR is to “establish a robust, transparent, predictable…
Protective effects of Korean ginseng on myocardial ischemia-reperfusion damage Myocardial ischemia, also called ischemic heart disease, involves myocardial tissue and is due to the establishment of an imbalance between the blood supply here and the tissue’s demand for oxygen, which then becomes hypoxic. Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) appears to be effective in…
In the 45th week, the online pharmacy market marks +11.9% in values and +13.3% in volumes The online pharmacy market returns to growth, which in the 45th week of 2022, November 7-13, shows an increase in values of 11.9% and in volumes of 13.3% compared to the previous seven days. This is according to the…
Safety evaluation of cannabidiol (CBD) in food supplement suspended Given the numerous questions regarding the use of cannabidiol (CBD) in foods and in particular in food supplements, EFSA has published the statement on the safety of cannabidiol (CBD), in which it states that its safety of use, as a novel food, cannot be demonstrated due…