Existing legislation in the transport sector should be better reflected in the law on artificial intelligence. That was the call made by Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) rapporteur Josianne Cutajar (S&D) in her draft opinion on the AI law. She said it is important to ensure that the law does not overlap with sector-specific legislation […]
The EU Special Committee on the “COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future” (COVI) kicked off yesterday with an inaugural meeting. Equipped with a broad mandate, it will examine the European response to the pandemic in the areas of health, democracy and fundamental rights, economy and society, and the EU’s global relations.At yesterday’s […]
The planned measures by the member companies of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), which include 20 of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, are intended to “significantly increase” the availability of innovative medicines in EU countries. In addition, patients’ waiting time for new medicines is to be reduced by several months, according […]
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will work with the European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) to prepare the new Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Regulation. The regulation is expected to enter into force in January 2025.In their joint work plan, the EMA and EUnetHTA announced their intention to focus, among other things, on relaunching a […]
On April 6, the EU Commission had planned to present its proposed regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS). But now, the publication has been postponed again. The reasons for this can only be speculated. It is rumored that the financing of the project, which is estimated at €663 million in the leaked preliminary […]
The Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) has informed them of an impending shortage of medical devices for pediatric cardiac interventions, writes Dutch MEP Kathleen van Brempt (S&D) in her parliamentary question to the Commission. This shortcoming is said to be a consequence of the EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR). Whether the Commission […]
Eleven EU countries that have so far borne the brunt of the wave of refugees from Ukraine called for a separate EU fund to support their health systems at yesterday’s meeting of EU health ministers in Brussels.The influx of people from Ukraine is increasing pressure on the health systems of countries already strained by the […]
It took almost a year for the substantive work on the AI regulation to get underway. But now, things are moving at a rapid pace. The topic keeps popping up on the agendas of the EP committees. This is also because seven committees are involved. IMCO and LIBE are in charge, JURI got exclusive competencies […]
Just a few days ago, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) presented a recommendation on which antibiotics should be used exclusively in human medicine in the future. This is intended to ensure that sufficient effective antibiotics will still be available for humans in the future within the framework of the new EU veterinary medicines regulation.However, the […]
Germany will refrain from using AI applications for remote biometric identification. This was confirmed by Christian Meyer-Seitz, Head of Department III in the Federal Ministry of Justice, at yesterday’s meeting of the Digital Committee in the Bundestag. It is true that use is permitted under the planned AI regulation for certain purposes, such as searching […]