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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