As it gets easier to engineer deadly pathogens, the International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science wants tighter controls on custom-order DNA companies, and an end to the current ‘checkbox’ approach to lab safety

Farrar will oversee science at the World Health Organisation, after leading Europe’s biggest medical research charity for nearly a decade

The EU came up short in running any pan-European clinical trials to advance the development of COVID-19 vaccines and therapies. It is now trying to fix the problem and be better prepared for future health emergencies

Phages are viruses that destroy bacteria and have the potential to supplement waning antibiotics. But researchers and entrepreneurs say the regulatory and funding environment is far from clear

Experts call for Europe to do more to enable patients to share their health data

New public private partnership involving companies across all aspects of healthcare will launch its call first in mid-June

A report by the European Parliament’s cancer special committee says the EU needs better coordination of cross-border clinical trials

Rare diseases will be on France’s EU Council Presidency agenda, as stakeholders and MEPs call for seamless cross-border data sharing to underpin research into diagnosis, treatment and care

Corporate influence is linked to slow implementation of public health policies aiming to cut consumption of tobacco, junk food and alcohol, according to new research