Big pharma groups raided in EU antitrust probe

This article is an update regarding the renewal of patents of pharmaceuticals companies in the infectious disease market. The two biggest sectors for drugs targeting infectious disease, antibiotics and antifungals, have seen major decline over 2005-2006. Imminent...

EU Health Policy Forum – Draft Agenda 28 November 2007

The next meeting of the EU Health Policy Forum will be held in Brussels on 28 November 2007, from 10h00 to 17h30, at the Conference Centre Albert Borschette in Rue Froissart 36. Please find below a draft Agenda and draft minutes from the previous meetings on June 2007...

EPHA call for action: Evaluation of Kyprianou’s first year

At September’s Policy Coordination Meeting (PCM), it was decided that EPHA would undertake an evaluation of Commissioner Markos Kyprianou’s performance during his first year in office. The first stage of the assessment is an “inventory” of...

Report of the Health Policy Forum meeting 11 March 2005

The Health Policy Forum met on 11th March 2005 to debate several issues. Commissioner Kyprianou opened the meeting with relections on his health mandate. He stated that although communicable diseases had ben a success story for health, old scourges such as TB are...