EURACTIV - Bayer's Benelux head, Niels Hessmann, says Europe has the potential to lead the next wave of biotech innovation. The company is pouring billions into a "third wave" of therapies that aim not just to treat symptoms but to stop or even reverse disease. Read more
EU PERSPECTIVES - Health will not be squeezed in the EU's next long-term budget. It is poised to come out stronger, Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi told EU Perspectives in an exclusive interview. He is moving to reposition health from a protected spending line to a core driver of Europe's competitiveness. Read more
EU PERSPECTIVES - Shampoos, lipsticks and other everyday cosmetics could remain on the EU market containing controversial 'forever chemicals' for years under proposed simplification rules. Lawmakers split over how far Europe should go in easing restrictions on substances linked to cancer and other serious health risks in the name of cutting red...
EU PERSPECTIVES - Medical devices are disappearing from the European market — not over safety concerns, but paperwork. Brussels now wants to overhaul the system and turn medtech into its main trump card in the global AI race. The reform promises approvals three times faster and savings of over €3bn a year. Read more
EURACTIV - Belgium is moving to establish radioligand therapy as an integral pillar of cancer care. But early rollout has exposed a widening gap between breakthrough innovation and the system's ability to deliver it at scale. Expectations are now high for the new cancer plan expected this year, where stakeholders hope radioligand therapy will be...
EU PERSPECTIVES - Europe is preparing to combine its flu and COVID-19 vaccines into a single seasonal shot. But the more pressing problem is not scientific — it is whether anyone will actually get vaccinated. Across the EU, uptake among the most at-risk has collapsed, and the systems meant to fix that are not keeping pace. Read more
EU PERSPECTIVES - France's president called a global health summit — and used it to declare that global cooperation is breaking down. Emmanuel Macron, hosting world leaders in Lyon under France's G7 presidency, championed the "One Health" approach, which treats human, animal and ecosystem health as inseparable. But his core message was a warning:...
EU PERSPECTIVES - As Washington retreats from global health financing, the EU is moving to fill the gap. At this week's One Health Summit in Lyon, the European Commission put the first concrete numbers behind its Global Health Resilience Initiative. Three funding commitments — totalling nearly €800 million — mark Europe's bid to lead on global...
EU PERSPECTIVES - Hospitals across Europe are running low on two vital cancer medicines, forcing doctors to make difficult choices about who gets treatment first. Regulators warn that these shortages could last through 2026. Read more
EURACTIV - Speeding up clinical trials must be a central test of the EU's proposed Biotech Act, as Europe risks forfeiting the economic returns on its own scientific breakthroughs, Belgian MEP Wouter Beke has warned. Read more