There’s huge variation around Europe in healthcare. Experts convened by Science|Business over the past two years offer explanations – and solutions

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

Older adults in England with fewer financial resources are more likely to develop dementia, according to new research.

Machine learning shown to detect one of the commonest causes of dementia and stroke more accurately than current methods

Lobbyists feared an end to programme – but budget and activities largely to continue in next multi-year EU budget