Should health compete with defence and tech? Lawmakers push dedicated innovation fund

EU PERSPECTIVES - A group of lawmakers wants to establish a new fund for health innovation, aimed at ensuring faster access to breakthrough medicines and diagnostics. It should be built into the next EU long-term budget. The main idea? Preventing the dilution of funds in the wider competitiveness spending. Read more

The fund would bridge the gap between Europe's science and its patients, MEP Kulja argues. / Photo : EP