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Decrease in data protection period risks medicine price increase, says Greek health minister on 23/04/24
The Greek government is firmly opposed to any changes to the duration of the regulatory protection period (RDP) in the EU Pharma Package, with Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis pointing to negative consequences for Europe and Greece.

Hungary wants new approach to manage growing drug shortages [Advocacy Lab Content] on 22/04/24
Hungary's Minister of State for Health, Péter Takács, has said a new approach is needed to allow Hungary to choose medicines better suited to the national health budget.

Paris, gold for the greenest of Games? [Advocacy Lab Content] on 22/04/24
France is aiming for gold in sustainability at this year’s Olympics, promising to host ‘the greenest’ Games in history this summer. But many hurdles remain.

Vaccine-preventable disease is on the rise in Europe on 22/04/24
During the COVID-19 confinement, many contagious pathogens were also suppressed; with society opening combined with vaccine hesitancy, outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles and whooping cough (pertussis) are on the rise.

French Greens’ top candidate wants ‘European pharmaceutical sovereignty’ on 19/04/24
Marie Toussaint, the lead of the French Greens' campaign for the June European elections, presented a plan for a "European pharmaceutical sovereignty" at a press conference on Friday (19 April), after media reported that a French pharma company could be acquired by Indian buyers.

Survey finds health is top concern for voters on 19/04/24
Eurobarometer’s latest survey ahead of European elections in June shows that health is one of the top issues for voters.

Spain will include ‘work-related mental health’ in disease surveillance on 18/04/24
Spain's Ministry of Health is to include in its national epidemiological surveillance system a state register in which any suspicion of work-related mental suffering will be reported, because “work is breaking workers”, Belén González, the coordinator of this pioneering initiative, told Euractiv's partner EFE in an interview.

Evidence-based actions to reduce alcohol harms are crucial now [Promoted content] on 18/04/24
The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) calls on the EU to accelerate public health policies to reduce liver diseases, improve quality of life, and save significant costs.

Kicking inequality out of Europe using football, Latvia and Ukraine are out in front [Advocacy Lab Content] on 17/04/24
Tackling gender inequality in Europe isn't an open goal, but the EU's TARGET football project provides a structured opportunity to change entrenched narratives. Latvia and Ukraine are out in front.

Human rights NGOs tackle France’s inaction towards rights of disabled people on 17/04/24
Human rights NGOs denounced on Wednesday (17 April) the French government's failure to ensure that the rights of people with disabilities are respected, one year after the Council of Europe issued its reprimands.

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Health Weekly

The clock is ticking on Europe’s competitiveness: It’s time medical innovation is recognised for its strategic contribution to the EU’s competitiveness. [Promoted content] (17/04/24)
Essential for better health, why ignore the value of generic medicines? [Promoted content] (17/04/24)
Belgian Deputy PM says a European Action Plan on Rare Diseases is ‘essential’ (17/04/24)
UK’s radical bill on Tobacco and Vapes likely to become law (16/04/24)
EU Commission wants to expand wine producers’ opportunities to enter low-alcohol market (16/04/24)
Sweden’s NATO membership a challenge for Swedes’ struggling health system [Advocacy Lab Content] (16/04/24)
Poland’s emergency contraception bill standoff following Duda veto [Advocacy Lab Content] (16/04/24)
Pharma package revisions embed a European solidarity mechanism, says Belgian MEP Ries [Advocacy Lab Content] (16/04/24)
Ireland’s pharmaceutical industry launches innovation-focused EU election manifesto [Advocacy Lab Content] (15/04/24)
Panama tackling illicit trade [Advocacy Lab Content] (12/04/24)
Shaping the future of Europe’s healthcare in a new political cycle [Advocacy Lab Content] (12/04/24)
Athens eyes global pharma investments, defends patent ecosystem protection [Advocacy Lab Content] (12/04/24)
Sweden aims to keep current data protection period in EU pharma package [Advocacy Lab Content] (12/04/24)
Belgium’s university-industry collaboration model could accelerate EU’s advanced therapeutics [Advocacy Lab Content] (12/04/24)
Pharma Package adopted at first reading with landslide vote, but what next? (11/04/24)
MEPs want to include abortion in EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (11/04/24)
European Commission registers European Citizens’ Initiative to support safe and accessible abortion (10/04/24)
French government introduces assisted dying bill (10/04/24)
Pet ownership is harder, costs are rising, says vet federation VP [Advocacy Lab Content] (10/04/24)
France divided over ‘no-show tax’ for patients failing medical appointments (10/04/24)
Media Partnership – Beneath the Surface: The Essential Role of Generic Medicines in Ensuring Supply Security in Europe (10/04/24)
ENVI’s EU pharma package ‘a bloody compromise’ says Czech shadow rapporteur [Advocacy Lab Content] (09/04/24)
Europe’s rare diseases postcode lottery creating health inequality [Advocacy Lab Content] (09/04/24)
Spain approves new anti-smoking plan with tax hike and extra ‘deterrent’ measures (08/04/24)
Portugal latest EU country to adopt Nutriscore food traffic-light labelling system (08/04/24)
Bulgaria starts vaccinating boys against HPV [Advocacy Lab Content] (05/04/24)
Companion Animals Stakeholder Summit [Advocacy Lab Content] (05/04/24)
French National Assembly, impatient with EU, pushes for ‘forever chemical’ ban (05/04/24)
Diabetes patients need election manifesto pledge from all EU parties, says EUDF [Advocacy Lab Content] (04/04/24)
Slovakia trailing Visegrád 4 in novel cancer medicines access [Advocacy Lab Content] (04/04/24)
Limited innovation and profitability driving slow motion AMR crisis, Piot calls for action [Advocacy Lab Content] (04/04/24)
Poland’s biological medicines inequality goes under microscope [Advocacy Lab Content] (03/04/24)
Slovakia needs urgent new obesity management interventions [Advocacy Lab Content] (03/04/24)
Media Partnership – Shaping the future of healthcare in Europe: looking ahead to the new EU political cycle (03/04/24)
EU says bird flu ‘spillover’ is unlikely but stricter surveillance recommended (03/04/24)
Can Germany go it alone in legalising cannabis? (03/04/24)
Commission rejects Bulgaria’s intended ban on scarce medicines export [Advocacy Lab Content] (03/04/24)
Sweden’s declining critical care beds worry ICU personnel [Advocacy Lab Content] (03/04/24)
Czechia’s healthcare timebomb, prevention schemes and greater efficiency needed now [Advocacy Lab Content] (03/04/24)
Humanitarian aid needs more focus on tackling gender based violence, urges UNFPA director (02/04/24)

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