Tag Archives: European Commission

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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European Commission Investigates J&J, Novartis

By Guest Blogger | Published: February 4, 2013
By Stephanie Sutton. The European Commission claims that Johnson & Johnson and Novartis may have breached European antitrust rules.
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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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Clinical Trials Caught in Fallout of EC Health Minister Departure

By Guest Blogger | Published: November 12, 2012
The abrupt departure of Europe’s health commissioner continues to resonate across the European Union – and to leave plans for new clinical trials legislation without a patron, writes Peter O’ Donnell of Applied Clinical Trials. John Dalli, the former Maltese finance minister, was forced out of his job as Europe’s health supremo in mid-October, over suggestions [...]
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