Glybera

uniQure has developed Glybera as a therapy for patients with the genetic disorder lipoprotein lipase deficiency. LPLD is an orphan disease for which no treatment exists today. The disease is caused...

[Comment] Euthanasia in the Netherlands: what lessons for elsewhere?

The Netherlands is one of the few places in the world where euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are legal under specific circumstances. In The Lancet, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen and colleagues p...

The Netherlands successful in European research and innovation

February 8, 2013 - The Netherlands maintains its strong position in European research and innovation.

Euthanasia and assisted suicide rates in the Netherlands comparable to rates before legalisation

2010 rates of euthanasia and assisted suicide in the Netherlands were comparable to levels before the practices were legalised in 2002, according to new research published Online First in The Lancet a...

Netherlands embracing generics to counter growing health care costs

With the elderly making up an ever greater share of the country's population, the Netherlands is increasingly supporting its generics sector in an attempt to address mounting healthcare costs, says a...

Netherlands approves Astellas' Vesomni

Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo:4503) said the Netherlands Medicines Evaluation Board approved an MAA for Vesomni solifenacin/tamsulosin (EC905) to treat moderate to severe storage symptoms and voiding sy...

The Netherlands attractive in terms of labour costs

April 18, 2013 - According to a new survey by accountancy firm Deloitte, the Netherlands remains attractive to international businesses due to the low costs of labour in the region.

Astellas set for more Vesomni approvals after Netherlands nod

Astellas Pharma has secured marketing authorisation for its combination urology drug, Vesomni, in its first market, the Netherlands, which will now act as the reference member state for further appro...

Encouraging signs for bee biodiversity

Declines in the biodiversity of pollinating insects and wild plants have slowed in recent years, according to a new study. Researchers led by the University of Leeds and the Naturalis Biodiversity...

IFN-g response to vaccination against tuberculosis in dairy heifers under commercial settings.

The purpose was to determine IFN-g release as a response to vaccination against tuberculosis in dairy heifers under commercial settings. Four-hundred pregnant heifers from ten herds were randomly allo...

Conflicts of interest: call for new editorial policies in European national journals.

Ablation for atrial fibrillation: CT overlay or standard electroanatomical mapping?

Myocardial perfusion imaging in coronary artery disease: SPECT, PET or CMR?

Women and men with stable coronary artery disease: different risk factors but similar outcomes!