The Commission wants to give EU citizens better access to medicines with its pharmaceutical package. However, the Commission's proposal is also tailored to the pharmaceutical industry. New drugs may remain protected for up to 13 years.
By Charlotte Wirth
For the electronic prescription to become a reality, industry, physicians, pharmacists, health insurers and insured persons must all pull together. Whether they are willing to do so, however, is questionable. Many EU countries have already made much more progress with electronic prescriptions.
By Eugenie Ankowitsch
The AI Regulation is a complex piece of regulation: It is intended to provide the use of certain classes of algorithmic systems with legal guard rails. The horizontal regulation is currently occupying the Parliament and the Council. Now, the ITRE opinion is a second opinion of a co-advisory committee.
By Falk Steiner
For Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas, the European Health Data Space is "a milestone for our digital transformation and a real revolution in European medical history". Here in Germany, the announced revolution must first show whether it can stand up to the German reality of digitization.
By Eugenie Ankowitsch
