EU PERSPECTIVES - A mother who survives childbirth. A child who reaches their fifth birthday. This is what Dr Hans Kluge says his campaign for the world's top health job comes down to. The doctor who once treated tuberculosis in Siberian prisons is now Belgium's WHO candidate, backed by Prime Minister Bart De Wever as "someone who...

Nicole Verbeeck is an independent health journalist covering health and life sciences in Europe. Alongside her reporting, she leads an editorial studio specializing in journalism, editorial work and creative editorial formats.

Independent journalism
Reporting on health and life sciences in Europe for:
Euractiv (Partner Content)
EU Perspectives
European Biotechnology Magazine
APM Market Access
Editorial studio in health & life sciences
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EU PERSPECTIVES - People in the Netherlands, Greece, and Italy are dying form West Nile virus infection. Europe has no specific treatment against it, Brussels has confirmed. Read more
EURACTIV - Over the next decade, a wave of biologic medicines will lose patent protection in Europe, but unlike the past ten years, biosimilar competition and the savings and access it brought are no longer guaranteed to follow. Read more
EU PERSPECTIVES - The biggest overhaul of Europe's pharmaceutical law in two decades is to arrive this autumn, with a two-year transition. Lawyer Hein van den Bos explains to EU Perspectives what changes, what the debate missed, and why anything now in development is already affected. Read more










