The EU’s Council and Parliament have reached agreement on major reform of EU pharmaceutical rules, to increase patients’ access to medicine and make the EU’s pharmaceutical sector fairer and more competitive.

The number of healthy life years at birth in the EU was 63.1 years on average in 2023, 63.3 years for women and 62.8 years for men, according to figures released by Eurostat.

IHI, the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking, has a vacancy for a Head of Sector Operations team.

As the Commission published its EU Stockpiling Strategy, EuroCommerce – the European retail and wholesale association – asks to be part of the dialogue on planning and preparedness.

The Commission has launched an EU Stockpiling Strategy and a Medical Countermeasures Strategy under its preparedness agenda, designed to improve access to essential goods for European citizens.

The EU Council and the European Parliament have reached a political provisional deal on an update to the regulation on detergents and surfactants.