EURACTIV - Dementia experts from 12 countries have signed a policy paper urging Brussels to give dementia its own framework, modelled on the €4 billion Beating Cancer Plan. Read more
Nicole Verbeeck is an independent health journalist covering health and life sciences in Europe. Alongside her reporting, she leads an editorial studio specializing in journalism, editorial work and creative editorial formats.
Independent journalism
Reporting on health and life sciences in Europe for:
Euractiv (Advocacy Lab)
EU Perspectives
European Biotechnology Magazine
APM Market Access
Editorial studio in health & life sciences
Creative editorial projects
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EU PERSPECTIVES - Patients could pay the price as MEPs vote to delay who foots the bill for cleaning Europe's water. Parliament backed a temporary suspension of new costs for drugmakers and cosmetics firms. The vote split the assembly, pitting fears of medicine shortages against warnings that citizens will pay for pollution instead. Read more
EURACTIV - Belgium used the 16th June meeting of EU health ministers in Luxembourg to press for a united European front on medicine prices, urging member states to coordinate their response to US "most favoured nation" (MFN) pricing demands. Read more
EU PERSPECTIVES - It kills nearly ten million people a year and is expected to rise sharply in the coming decades. Cancer has for the first time been elevated to the top tier of global political priorities. G7 leaders issued an unprecedented heads-of-state declaration dedicated solely to the disease. Read more
