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Health
Trust and inequalities challenge EU’s healthcare digital transformation, says EMA Chief Medical Officer
Est. 8minThe EU's digital transformation efforts were at the epicentre of the European Health Forum Gastein. Euractiv spoke to Steffen Thirstrup, the European Medicines Agency's CMO, about the digitalisation challenges.
Antibiotics, an important but tricky business, says Shionogi CEO
Est. 8minProducing antibiotics remains imperative but production is hindered by an unattractive business model, says Shionogi CEO. Pull incentives are needed to ensure safe, global supplies of vital drugs.
Sino-EU personalised medicine project, Europe bridging a data divide
Est. 8minThe Sino-EU PerMed project was created in 2020 to foster cooperation between Europe and China in personalised medicine. As the project prepares to wrap up, Euractiv spoke with Toscana Life Sciences' Gianni D'Errico, to discuss lessons learned and the road ahead.
French Senate’s OK on abortion a defeat for the ‘anti-choice’ movement, says expert
Est. 5minFrance's right-leaning Senate approving a bill enshrining the right to abortion in the country's Constitution - after the National Assembly did the same at the end of January - is a defeat for the far-right and the pro-life movement, Camille Butin of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) told Euractiv in an interview.
Ukrainian refugee situation must stay ‘high’ on political agenda, WHO warns
Est. 5minAs Ukraine enters its third year of war, the World Health Organisation (WHO) highlighted the importance of continuing to provide medical and social support to refugees and called for a strong political commitment from the EU.
Belgian EU presidency wants concrete action in future health workforce strategy
Est. 5minThe Belgian EU presidency is working to lay a foundation for a future EU health workforce strategy and aims to ramp up action, in contrast to the limited Council conclusions on the same topic in 2010.
Commission VP: Implementation of foreign interference law down to EU countries
Est. 5minThe nature of the implementation of the European Commission's controversial directive to limit foreign interference will be up to leaders of member states, Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica explained in an interview with Euractiv.
EU’s regional innovation balance risks widening with AI
Est. 5minWhile December's political agreement on the AI Act could deliver a competitive edge for Europe, commercial AI consolidation risks widening the EU’s substantial regional innovation divide.
Pharma boss: EU’s open strategic autonomy needs a European health security act
Est. 6minAs EU Ministers of Health meet on 30 November in Brussels with the Open Strategic Autonomy in the field of health at the top of the agenda, talks are expected to focus on medicines shortages.
Innovative cancer diagnostics must be seen as investment, says patient group chief
Est. 6minEU countries need to see biomarker testing - an innovative form of cancer diagnostics - as an investment and address the current lack of knowledge about its benefits, the head of Cancer Patients Europe told Euractiv.
Ana Rodríguez, OncoLAB coordinator: We must speed up innovation to help patients
Est. 5minMore and more innovative drugs and biomarkers for cancer are being developed, which is why the coordinator of the OncoLAB Advisory Board, Dr. Ana Rodríguez Cala, assures that "we need to hurry up" to introduce the new treatments into the …
EU medical agency chief: Global surveillance, preparedness key to face future threats
Est. 4minThe COVID-19 pandemic and monkeypox outbreak of recent years underlined the need for better preparedness and monitoring, from a global as well as EU perspective, Andrea Ammon, Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) told Euractiv. Since …
Green MEP advocates for keeping paper medicine leaflets
Est. 6minThe European Commission's proposed pharmaceutical strategy leaves it to the countries to decide whether drugs' package leaflet is in paper format electronic, or both. However, having only electronic leaflets might put patients' safety at risk, Luxembourgish MEP Tilly Metz has warned.
Respiratory diseases patients particularly affected by climate change
Est. 5minClimate change is a global challenge and a problem for all, “but it's true that patients with respiratory diseases are particularly affected," the vice president of the European Federation of Allergy and Respiratory Diseases Patients Association (EFA) told Euractiv.
Urgency felt but political will missing, says health workforce expert
Est. 5minRead this article also in Romanian. Member states need to take the lead in addressing healthcare labour shortages, and the EU needs to establish monitoring and funding schemes as part of a common European response, global health policy …
Former EU health chief: Cooperation between member states still missing
Est. 4minThe European Commission’s actions on health are just a first step, as they need to be followed by increasing the collaboration of the member states in the health field, Vytenis Andriukaitis told EURACTIV in an interview.
France launches public consultation on euthanasia with Macron backing
Est. 4minFrench President Emmanuel Macron presented on Tuesday (13 September) a plan for a six-month citizen consultation on euthanasia, with stakeholders confident he is ready to move forward on the issue.
Pharma CEO: Gap between EU vision and national competencies affects health agenda
Est. 6minDespite an exceptional unity of intent during the pandemic, the revision of the bloc's pharmaceutical legislation could suffer a bump between the EU's vision for health and this is still conceived at the national level, according to the CEO of a pharma company.
Health one of the most important issues under Czech EU presidency, minister says
Est. 7minCancer screening, negotiations on long-term COVID-19 vaccine contracts, the European Health Data Space (but not all of it), and the care of Ukrainians will be the main priorities of the Czech presidency when it comes to health, a Czech minister told EURACTIV.com in an exclusive interview.
MEP says health should not be left out of climate change discussion
Est. 4minThe debate on climate change’s impact on health should be broadened, according to socialist MEP Sara Cerdas, as health costs for society if we do not act will be unimaginable. Sara Cerdas is a socialist MEP member of the European Parliament's …
Personalised health needs patients’ trust, data access to bloom, says expert
Est. 6minCitizens should be the primary target when it comes to health data and the uptake of personalised medicines, as the more they are involved, the greater benefits our healthcare systems will have, said health expert Gianni D'Errico.
French disability minister: people with disabilities must engage in politics
Est. 9minEU disability ministers are meeting in Paris on Wednesday (9 March) to take stock of the EU's disability strategy and exchange best practices. EURACTIV France spoke to the French secretary of state in charge of people with disabilities who initiated the meeting within the French EU Council presidency framework.
WHO: Real data, not ‘guess’ needed for equal access to diabetes care
Est. 6minEnsuring that all people diagnosed with diabetes have access to equitable, comprehensive, affordable and quality management cannot be done without the use of data, according to a World Health Organisation expert.
People, Process, Platforms: “EUniting” the spectrum of Innovation in European healthcare
Est. 6minEarlier this month, Rebecca Guntern and Kees Roks participated in #EUnite week, a series of conversations focused on unlocking the future of European healthcare.