-Immunization programs with an effective pneumococcal conjugate vaccine show evidence of significant reduction in pneumococcal diseases

-Judicious use of antibiotics associated with key vaccines can control antibiotic resistance

• Capacity must be oriented around treatment procedures

• Building costs nearly negligible compared to operating costs

• The “ten commandments” for future hospitals

IRU partners with DocStop through TRANSPark

Brussels – A Memorandum of Understanding between the IRU and DocStop - a network of medical doctors who provide their services to drivers in need of non-critical medical assistance, in a 4km radius around main parking areas in Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Poland, was signed yesterday by DocStop Chairman and Member of the European Parliament, Dr. Dieter Lebrecht-Koch, IRU President, Janusz Lacny and IRU Secretary General, Martin Marmy.

-The outsourcing of large pharmaceutical companies’ research programmes encounters growing difficulties
-Pace of innovation in biotech and pharma could decline considerably
-Biotech SME platform offers support for financing

The biotech industry is being hit twice as hard by the economic crisis. In addition to the general economic downturn, the largely dried-up equity market, which has massively complicated the usual equity financing through the stock exchange or venture capital, is causing problems for companies.

The workshop ‘Water for Integration – Integration for Water’ took place in Brussels on September 28, 2009. This event provided a platform for participants from different sectors to discuss barriers and needs relating to integrated water research. The workshop was organized by