Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Preparedness; Sanofi peace offering; two JCAs; infringements Preparedness under long-term budget; Sanofi offers concessions; two joint clinical assessments for lung cancer treatments; Romania late payments to pharmacies; nurses' recognition; six EU nations face pressure after missing asbestos safety deadline
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Cancer inequalities; fast-track for pancreatic cancer treatment; counterfeit condoms WHO warns of widening cancer survival gap as cases set to soar to 35 million by 2050; EMA to fast track promising pancreatic cancer treatment; 200,000 counterfeit condoms discovered by EU anti-fraud office
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Tobacco games Commission consultation; pharma push back on PABS; Danes pilot real-world data to assess cancer drugs Dutch investigation finds that Philip Morris is gaming tobacco consultation; Pharmaceutical companies caution against tougher obligations in PABS talks; Denmark turns to real-world data to assess cancer drugs
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: MFN; €84.8 million health innovation call; medical countermeasures; UK/US deal could cost more lives than COVID Can the EU resist US pressure on medicine prices? €84.8m launches call to support healthy ageing, reduced animal testing and early-stage innovation; EU seeks partners to shape new medical countermeasures preparedness network; UK deal with US could cost more lives than COVID
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Women’s health; digital; Ebola; Marburg; hantavirus 'Now is really the time!' for women's health, says Cooke; Macron and WHO chief back stronger safeguards for children online; Ebola outbreak expands and WHO condemns attacks on health facilities; WHO declares cruise ship hantavirus outbreak over
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: WHO/Europe on heatwave; Salmonella; pharma leads high-tech production WHO Europe says current heatwave is ‘dress rehearsal’ for hotter summers; Salmonella cases in 13 EU countries linked to instant noodles; Pharmaceuticals lead the EU’s high-tech production in 2024
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Biotech Act; Critical Medicines Act; preparedness MEPs supportive of draft Biotech report, but divisions over incentives remain; Critical Medicines Act text finalised; preparedness should include all viral families, say international organisations
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Heat resilience; EMA recommendations; Sanofi disparagement Europe’s deadly heatwave highlights growing climate threat to health; EMA recommends three new medicines and an orphan treatment for rare Rett Syndrome; Commission opens disparagement investigation into Sanofi
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Cardiovascular; Ebola; North Macedonia joins EU4Health MEPs adopt cardiovascular strategy, prioritising early detection and risk reduction; France reports first case of Ebola and WHO launches its first trials; North Macedonia joins the EU4Health programme
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Cancer-causing chemicals; patient groups want HTA improvements; benefits of investing in innovative medicines EU agrees tougher protections against cancer-causing chemicals; patient groups welcome progress on EU HTA while calling for further improvements; every €1 invested in innovative medicines returns €5.67 in benefits, claims EFPIA
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Public benefit for EU research; US trade challenge to Germany; SoHo 50 organisations call for public benefit from publicly funded medicines research; Lange warns ‘Section 301’ investigation threatens Turnberry trade deal; ECDC unveils harmonised screening standards for HBV and HCV screening
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Parliament supports wastewater revision; eHealth Commission defends Urban Wastewater Directive against EPP-ECR challenge; EU narrows gap to 2030 health data target by 4% points
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Trump tariff threat; tobacco taxation; G7 cancer commitment; Ebola Trump continues to threaten pharma tariffs; Parliament rejects tobacco taxation report; EU backs coordinated Ebola response and commits further €31.5 million; G7 leaders renew commitment to fight cancer
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: MFN; wastewater treatment; medical devices; social media Implications of MFN note before summer; Várhelyi reassures ministers on Urban Wastewater Treatment implementation; on medical devices divisions persist over governance; special panel on online child safety will present its final report on 13 July
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: EPSCO - Biotech Act, Medical Devices and Urban wastewater treatment; heat action plans; vaccines EU health ministers to discuss wastewater rules, the Biotech Act and medical devices; Europe lost 200,000 people to heat in 4 years; MEPs and health groups call for stronger vaccine R&D funding in next EU budget
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Co-ordinated pricing and reimbursement; Biotech Act SPC; COVID-19 contracts Beneluxa Initiative calls for pricing and reimbursement coordination; EFPIA argues that the Biotech Act 12-month extension to SPC is too narrow ; AG recommends dismissing Commission appeal on COVID-19 contract access
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Ireland’s health priorities; pharmacies and preparedness Ireland’s Presidency of the EU will link health and competitiveness; PGEU outlines the vital role of community pharmacies in preparedness
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Illicit drugs report; tobacco and nicotine; Ebola latest EU Drugs Agency warns of new health risks, including a rising trend in ketamine use; Smoke Free Partnership accuses tobacco lobby of ‘dirty tricks’ in EU consultation; EU commits further €16.5 million for Ebola outbreak
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Nicotine taxation; Wegovy; Várhelyi defends EU’s approach; future-proof vaccine Sweden blocks tobacco tax package; Wegovy pill prescribed once every five seconds; Von der Leyen wants faster development of new cancer treatments; Várhelyi says unilateral measures by the US against the EU ‘would not be justified’; a future-proofed vaccine could prevent pandemics before they begin
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Biotech Act; EU budget; patient organisations ENVI committee raises doubts over Biotech Act SPC extension; 490 health experts urge EU to ring-rence €10 billion for health in EU budget; barometer on the involvement of patient organisations
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: ECDC; workforce; Ebola update; European semester ECDC chief warns MEPs more health threats require more resources; health sector hails EU vote on workforce crisis as ‘major step forward’ WHO has only 35% of the funds it needs for its Ebola response; European semester recommendations target stronger and more resilient health systems
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Swedes hold key to tobacco taxation; economic cost of menopause; Finnish first in AI and health Sweden could be the last obstacle to a tobacco and nicotine tax agreement; menopause costs the EU economy €17.3 billion a year; Finland backs a world-first nationwide AI model to boost decision-making in healthcare
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Nicotine and tobacco; Ebola update; EHDS From tobacco-free to tobacco and nicotine-free generation; CEPI backs three possible Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine candidates; Patients call for stronger role in shaping Europe’s Health Data Space
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Anti-dumping; Ebola; hantavirus; EMA recommendations Sandoz says situation has reached ‘breaking point’; WHO risk assessment raises DRC to ‘very high’; further hantavirus positive test in Spain; EMA recommends eight new medicines for approval
Inside EU Health Inside EU Health: Sexually transmitted diseases; safety at work; hantavirus Sexually transmitted diseases are rising sharply; Parliament pushes a ‘Vision Zero’ for workplace accidents; MEPs clash over EU health powers after MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak
