Health

Commission welcomes significant step towards Pandemic Agreement

The Commission welcomes the preliminary consensus on the Pandemic Agreement, by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body, underscoring the continuing strength of international cooperation and solidarity for global heath. After three years of intensive negotiations the agreement reached marks a significant contribution to strengthening capacities for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response taking a One Health approach. This is a …

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Leveraging the power of data for public and animal health

EMA and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) have published a joint workplan “Data and AI in medicines regulation to 2028”. It sets out how the European medicines regulatory network plans to leverage large volumes of regulatory and health data as well as new tools to encourage research, innovation, and to support regulatory decision making for better medicines that …

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Commission launches call for the selection of members of newly launched Health Cybersecurity Advisory Board

The Commission is inviting experts to submit their application to become a member of the newly created Health Cybersecurity Advisory Board. This expert group, set up by the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) in collaboration with the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), aims to enhance the cybersecurity resilience of healthcare …

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Have your say on the new Medical Countermeasures Strategy

The Commission has launched a call for evidence to gather input for the upcoming Strategy to support medical countermeasures against public health threats. The strategy, announced by President Ursula von der Leyen in her political guidelines and included in the Preparedness Union Strategy, will identify key measures to further accelerate innovation and supply of medical countermeasures. Medical countermeasures encompass vaccines, therapeutics, …

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Joining forces for AI-powered imaging to save lives: European Cancer Imaging Initiative shaping the future of AI in radiology and cancer care

In the context of the World Cancer Day and to mark the two years since the launch of the European Cancer Imaging Initiative (ECII), the European Commission, the European Society of Radiology, and the EUCAIM project consortium held the high-level hybrid event “The European Cancer Imaging Initiative – Joining forces for AI-powered imaging to save …

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Commission seeks contributions to enhance cybersecurity for hospitals and healthcare providers

The Commission has launched a consultation on the Action Plan for the cybersecurity of hospitals and healthcare providers. Published on 15 January 2025, the Action Plan is crucial to protect the healthcare sector from cyber threats and contributes to the successful implementation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS). By improving threat detection, preparedness, and response capabilities …

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EU4Health call for tenders to develop point-of-care diagnostic medical devices for antimicrobial susceptibility testing

HaDEA has published the call for tenders HADEA/2025/CPN/0006 – Development of a rapid point-of-care antimicrobial susceptibility testing diagnostic medical device. This call for tenders aims to speed up the development of a point-of-care diagnostic medical device that can provide antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) results on the bacteria or fungi causing an infection in humans, within one hour or …

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HERA review: Taking stock to reinforce health security in the EU

The Commission has published a report assessing the work of the Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) since its creation over three years ago. Overall, the report highlights HERA’s achievements in strengthening EU-level preparedness and response capacities, as well as taking on new tasks, such as addressing vulnerabilities in the supply chains of critical medicines. The report reviews …

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European Commission releases open-source HealthData@EU Central Platform — a key milestone for the European Health Data Space

The European Commission published the open-source release of the HealthData@EU Central Platform, a major step forward in building the European Health Data Space (EHDS) and enabling the secondary use of health data for research, innovation, policymaking, and public health. This landmark release offers a set of reusable, open-source building blocks to support Member States in developing or connecting their national infrastructures—such as …

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Commission proposes Critical Medicines Act to bolster the supply of critical medicines in the EU

The Commission has proposed a Regulation to improve the availability of critical medicines in the EU. The proposal aims to protect human health by incentivising supply chain diversification and boosting pharmaceutical manufacturing in the EU. This will support the EU’s pharmaceutical sector which is a major contributor to our economy. The Act also aims to improve access to other medicines of common …

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