Tag Archives: EU

First 'Real' European Patent Imminent

By Guest Blogger | Published: May 8, 2013
It’s exciting times for patents in Europe. Not everyone’s excitement is pleasurable, but there’s certainly plenty going on, writes Reflector, Pharm Exec’s EU correspondent. Much of the excitement is linked to the imminent advent of Europe’s first real European patent. After decades of failed attempts, by the beginning of 2014 the European Union will finally have [...]
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Healthcare Systems in Europe "Failing Patients"

By Guest Blogger | Published: March 27, 2013
By Reflector, Brussels correspondent. Any complacency that the world of healthcare might be feeling about advances in the ability to treat patients suffered a head-on assault in Dublin, Ireland, last week, at a conference organized under the auspices of the Irish Presidency of the European Union and featuring a galaxy of Irish and European stars from [...]
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Europe: Countdown Time for the Innovative Medicines Initiative?

By Guest Blogger | Published: March 4, 2013
Momentum is gathering in Brussels for real battles over carving up the 1 trillion dollars that the European Union has now agreed to spend between the end of this year and the end of the decade. The constituencies jostling for funding include farmers and foreign aid workers, teachers and train operators, and legislators and local [...]
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Europe: Is National Drug Pricing Freedom Nearing its Expiry Date?

By Guest Blogger | Published: February 25, 2013
By Reflector, Brussels correspondent. For more than fifty years the basic European Union rules about medicines have been clear. Each member country is free to decide the prices that medicines are sold at in its territory, and what reimbursement should be provided for it. But an observer of the European Parliament discussions in February wouldn’t think [...]
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Saving Greece's Healthcare System: A Harbinger for Europe?

By Reflector | Published: December 19, 2012
A just-published report from the European taskforce trying to help Greece crawl out of its crisis makes clear just how significant a role health reform is supposed to play in restoring health to the economy. It is, in a very acute form, a harbinger of what is around the corner for the other countries of [...]
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