EU PERSPECTIVES - A group of lawmakers wants to establish a new fund for health innovation, aimed at ensuring faster access to breakthrough medicines and diagnostics. It should be built into the next EU long-term budget. The main idea? Preventing the dilution of funds in the wider competitiveness spending. Read more

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 (Advocacy Lab)
EU Perspectives
European Biotechnology Magazine
APM Market Access
Editorial studio in health & life sciences
Creative editorial projects
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€1 in, €5.67 out: How spending on medicines pays back in Europe’s health and economic future
EU PERSPECTIVES - Europe's spending on innovative medicines buys more than health. A new report shows that every euro returns more than five times in economic value. Newer treatments help people live longer, stay in work and spend less time in hospital. Yet health systems still often see medicines first as a cost to cut, not an...
EU PERSPECTIVES - Europe's June heatwave killed at least 3,500 people. The European Commission now promises a new climate resilience framework to stop it happening again. Read more
EURACTIV - Belgian MEP Wouter Beke (EPP), the European Parliament's lead rapporteur on the Biotech Act in the industry committee (ITRE), is pressing for a larger patent-related incentive for innovative medicines than the European Commission has proposed, as lawmakers tabled their amendments to the file. Read more










