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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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Europe: Health Commissioner's Sudden Exit Spotlights Regulation Crisis

By Guest Blogger | Published: October 24, 2012
The sudden departure of EC Health Commissioner John Dalli tops an already difficult year for the European pharma regulators, writes Reflector. The abrupt departure of Health Commissioner John Dalli in highly controversial circumstances comes on top of an extremely difficult year for the European Medicines Agency (EMA). At the same time, one of the main supervisory bodies [...]
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EU Pins Hopes on HTA Network for Consensus on Value

By Guest Blogger | Published: August 29, 2012
The European Union’s proposed health technology assessment network to encourage “cooperation and exchange of scientific information among member states” is a significant step, says Reflector. But, as far as standardizing an approach to value is concerned, will it be a damp squib?
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Is Hungary Hungry Enough for Pharma?

By Guest Blogger | Published: January 26, 2011
Hungary has taken over the chair of the EU Council, but European pharma is unlikely to gain much from its surface enthusiam, writes Reflector. A new, young, and supposedly business-friendly democracy has swung into European action this month. Hungary, one of the most recent countries to join the European Union, took over the chair of the [...]
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EU Health Commissioner Emerges from the Dark

By Julian Upton | Published: December 13, 2010
After a period of near invisibility, the EU’s health commissioner John Dalli has begun to make some higher profile appearance. Pharm Exec’s Europe correspondent Reflector assesses how these have been received by the pharma industry. Just before the holiday break, John Dalli, the European Union’s unobtrusive commissioner for health, has at last emerged from obscurity to [...]
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