Europe Letter: Danes have vaccinated 2% of their population and even ran out of doses

Scheme could remove roughly 4.4m devices currently incinerated or sent to landfill

Sandra Gannon services supply chain when firms stop investing in off-patent products

Irish pharma group gearing up for legal battle over patents with generic drugmakers

Drugmaker Teva and three distributors reached a settlement with two US counties over their alleged role in the opioid addiction crisis, just moments before the start a trial

Court found healthcare group is liable for costs of treating opioid addiciton

Union says pharma firm scheme worth €1,800 to each affected worker

Single men and homosexual couples excluded from state-supported surrogacy

Mylan denies breaching patents

Industry blames State policy for problem with cutting Ireland’s medicine bill

Industry group calls for a radical overhaul of medicines policy in Ireland

Agreement should help bring prices down to European average, says Simon Harris

Generics lobby warns Government new deal with Big Pharma will stifle competition

Dutch-domiciled US group says it is still fully committed to planned $7.2bn takeover of Sweden’s Meda