Health

It is crucial to incorporate patient perspectives on healthcare innovation and decision making to increase the sustainability of Europe’s healthcare systems. A panel held at the Science|Business annual conference looked at the role Horizon Europe can play in achieving this  

Funding science and providing incentives to spur innovation in antibiotics is crucial, but political support for stewardship and prevention of inappropriate use is just as important in ensuring availability of effective and affordable drugs that are used in a responsible way

Current EU health chief plays down fear from civil society groups that next Commission will drop EU health role

As Austria’s EU Presidency approaches, health official Clemens Auer says it’s time to stop the pilots and let digital health fly

European Commission proposes a change to intellectual property rules to let generic drugmakers enter non-EU markets faster. Patent holders are not happy  

The era of prescription digital health has dawned with approval of an app assessed to the same standard of clinical evidence as a conventional drug. Now pharma companies and digital therapy pioneers are forging development and marketing deals, while EU regulators and payers flounder

Automated surveillance was 100% accurate, while experts relying on manual recording and interpretation of individual patient data made errors. The automated system is faster and can be programmed to run checks at any timea

Using anonymised information from electronic health records is an efficient and low-cost way of following up subjects years after the treatment phase of a study completes