Estonia

J&J says it has “exhausted all current viable avenues” to get its antidepressant nasal spray Spravato reimbursed on England’s National Health Service, after NICE decided against re-appraising the drug following numerous funding rejections.

Estonia is hoping to  create a brighter future by attracting leading startups to its borders, a process that will bring tax revenues, jobs and infrastructure.

A new center for personalized medicine in Estonia will see PacBio’s long-read whole genome sequencing technology used to unlock new information about how genetics impact patients’ drug responses, experts from the project tell the Pink Sheet.

The proposed European Health Data Space aims to enable the seamless transition of health data sharing for certain purposes across the EU. A new report highlights how national variations in data storage and budgetary constraints may affect the initiative’s success.

Concerns over addiction to, and deliberate misuse of, codeine in Estonia has led the national regulator to reverse-switch the opioid from OTC to prescription-only status.

Amsterdam-based TheOTCLab has received an EU CE mark for its new wart and verruca OTC freezing device Dr. Yglo. The firm plans to launch the product in Europe in Italy, Portugal, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and will separately look to take it further afield to the US and South Africa.

A round-up of the latest European consumer health business news: Norway's Orkla strengthens its supplements offering with acquisition of UK's Healthspan; Bayer makes investment commitment to German Consumer Health operation; and Ipsen strikes a deal to promote brands in the Baltics.

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