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Presents information on the report "White Paper on Opioids and Pain: A Pan-European Challenge" produced by the Opioids and Pain European Network of Minds group. Factors that contribute to the inadequate treatment of pain across Europe, according to the report; Effect of existing regulations governing the use of opioid analgesics.

The article discusses the results of a study which revealed that the B cell lymphoma vaccine of Biovest International improves disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with indolent follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Based on the findings, the personalised anti-idiotype vaccine improves median DFS by over one year in vaccinated patients. According to the firm, based on the data, it will seek accelerated and/or conditional approvals in the U.S. and Europe.