Chairman Prof. Ton de Boer writes a column titled 'On medicines', which appears every first Wednesday of the month in the Fit section of the regional newspapers of the Holland Media Combinatie (Noordhollands Dagblad, Haarlems Dagblad, Leidsch Dagblad, Gooi- en Eemlander and IJmuider Courant). This Fit section relates to health and well-being. The column is intended to focus on new topics and our role and work as the Medicines Evaluation Board.