Our guest this week is Jorge Teixeira, parliamentary assistant for Initiativa Liberal, a political party in Portugal. He will comment on the parliamentary election in Portugal last Sunday, and what we can expect to happen from here on out in the coalition talks. Also in this episode: 🚗 Consumers reject a ban on the internal combustion […]
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: 💸 The EU considers its options in response to the Inflation Reduction Act ⚕️ Proposed Commission changes on patents are a bad idea (w/ Fred Roeder) 🧪 What makes us afraid of chemicals? (w/ Dr. Angela Bearth) You can follow Dr. Angela Bearth on Twitter @a_bearth, or on her […]
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: 🇨🇭 Switzerland unilaterally recognises FDA approval for medical devices (w/ Fred Roeder) 🇷🇺 How effective can sanctions on Russia be? (w/ Dr. Maria Shagina) Follow Dr. Maria Shagina on Twitter @maria_shagina Support the war effort in Ukraine: https://www.recyclerussia.com/ December 15, 2022 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: […]
How do you vaccinate over 400 million people in a short amount of time? That is the question that the European Union tasked itself to answer when early in the COVID-19 it sought to organize vaccine distribution for the entire bloc. At heart, Brussels was coming from the right place: after many member states had […]
The topics in this week’s episode: 🍷 New mandatory labels for alcohol 🏥 Private hospital and pandemic preparedness (w/ Fred Roeder) ☢️ European Parliament groups release new pro-nuclear energy study ₿ Cryptocurrencies as payment systems (w/ David Stancel) You can follow David Stancel on Twitter @dave_stancel.
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COVID-19 has heightened public awareness on the question of drug prices. After vaccine prices had been leaked to the public by Belgian minister Eva de Bleeker, questions arose on the costs associated with creating vaccines. This is essentially a similar debate when it comes to the prices of all drugs. The question of how to […]
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The most prominent version of a COVID-19 vaccine was developed through genetic engineering. The is a novelty in vaccine science, because it allows for easier processes in the way we fight diseases such as COVID-19. As Cornell’s Alliance for Science explains: “That’s what the “m” in mRNA stands for : messenger. Messenger RNA just carries […]
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