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Belgian consumer rights watchdog Test-Achats has filed a legal complaint against the manufacturer of a drug sold in Belgium for €88,300 per bottle.
Famed Brussels hip-hop singer Stromae has been fighting complications caused by the use of an anti-malaria drug that he took two years ago.
The number of Belgians who take the heavy painkiller oxycodone has doubled in five years, reports Het Nieuwsblad. The drug is highly addictive and lethal in high doses.
The maritime police this week recovered 25 sports bags from the North Sea off the coast of Belgium.
From 2017, HIV patients in Belgium will have access to the medicines needed to start antiretroviral therapy immediately after diagnosis, decided federal public health minister Maggie
Belgian customs this year intercepted nearly 22 tonnes of cocaine, beating the previous record of 18 tonnes in 2012, says Francis Adyns of the FPS Finance.
The amount of antibiotics prescribed in Belgium has risen again over the last decade, despite numerous campaigns highlighting the harmful effects of intensive antibiotic use, according to a study
About 1.6% of Belgians who drink landed in the emergency room last year due to the effects of alcohol abuse, writes De Standaard based on the most recent Global Drug Survey (GDS2016).
Mexican drug lord Ezio Benjamin Figueroa-Vasquez alledgedly convinced seven Belgian pharmaceutical manufacturers to sell him large quantities of drugs, write various Belgian media.
