EU Health Ministers To Deliberate Over Commission’s Pharma Strategy

Plans Get Mixed Reception From Industry Bodies

A package of health proposals intended to build up the EU’s resilience to health threats while strengthening the competitiveness of Europe’s pharmaceutical industry and ensuring access to affordable drugs takes a major step through the legislative process this week.

European United health workers and essential EU hospital care workers and frontline medical group or Europe medicine teamwork as a group of doctors and nurses together in a 3D illustration style. — The EU wants to build up a Health Union • Source: Shutterstock

The European Commission’s pharmaceutical strategy, which is intended to modernize the EU medicines legislative framework and improve access to affordable medicines, will be discussed by EU health ministers on 2 December, alongside proposals for building a “European Health Union” and progress with the draft regulation on health technology assessment.

The pharmaceutical strategy, which was published on 25 November, is being seen as the first step in overhauling the whole...