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Fall in dangerous product notificationsCommission report says number of unsafe products banned, withdrawn, or recalled fell by 20% in 2011 compared to the previous year |
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Cut out the smoke, reduce the risks
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More tobacco is not the answer
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Mrs Katja Neubauer, principal administrator, team leader on patient safety, directorate-general for health and consumer protection, European Commission
Mr Christoph Talheim, secretary-general, European multiple-sclerosis platform
Dr Günther Jonitz, founding member and chairman of the Aktionsbündnis Patientensicherheit (German coalition for patient safety), president of the Berlin chamber of physicians
Pr Josep Figueras, Director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and head of the WHO European centre on health policy
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