EURACTIV - As Europe's population ages, managing long-term neurological conditions will depend on earlier diagnosis, biological precision and sustained monitoring. Research into rare neurological diseases is increasingly where these approaches are being developed first, offering lessons that extend far beyond small patient populations. Read more

EURACTIV - Belgium's biopharmaceutical industry has delivered a muted verdict on the EU's landmark overhaul of pharmaceutical legislation, warning that the deal fails to reverse Europe's slide in global competitiveness and calling it "a missed opportunity to reverse the declining trend in Europe." Read more

EURACTIV - Europe is failing thousands of stem-cell transplant survivors by not recognising the chronic, long-term nature of the disease that shapes their lives after transplantation, a leading specialist warns. Read more

EURACTIV - Commissioner for Economy and Productivity Valdis Dombrovskis pledged that the EU is now committed to a "simplification revolution" to relieve small businesses of crushing administrative demands. But entrepreneurs warned that a "tsunami" of regulation still threatens their ability to innovate, export and survive. Read more

EURACTIV - As Europe heads into an era shaped by geopolitical instability, demographic decline, climate disruption and digital upheaval, Europe's 26 million SMEs are increasingly struggling to operate in a regulatory environment designed for companies a hundred times their size. On the eve of SMEunited's flagship event, President Petri Salminen...

EURACTIV - Healthcare must stop being the first budget casualty in Europe's long-term planning, experts warned at a European Parliament roundtable, organised by the Partnership for Health System Sustainability & Resilience (PHSSR). Read more

EURACTIV - Europe is approaching a decisive juncture in its strategy for investing in brain health, as policymakers confront the widening gap between the region's research ambitions and the escalating societal burden of neurological and mental disorders. Read more

EURACTIV - As the EU's flagship Healthier Together – Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) initiative moves into its final two years, health experts warn the programme risks falling behind the fast-evolving science on metabolic health. Read more

EU PERSPECTIVES - On 10 December, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission's Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) have signed a €3.5m agreement. They aim to expand their partnership against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This was just hours before EU negotiators were to enter what is hoped to be the...

EU PERSPECTIVES - The Council and the European Parliament have moved to increase patients' access to medicines and make the EU's pharmaceutical sector fairer. Their agreement on pharmaceutical legislation overhaul seeks to set the new rules, introducing more competitiveness into the sector. Read more