EU PERSPECTIVES - For the second year running, member states have refused to sign off the EU4Health budget 2026, over cuts to core funding for health NGOs. EUPHA (European Public Health Association) president Tit Albreht spoke to EU Perspectives about why public health cannot turn to industry money, and what Europe loses if it lets health funding...

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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EU PERSPECTIVES - Artificial intelligence (AI) is scanning breasts in Turkey, reading X-rays in Portugal and phoning elderly patients at home. The technology has arrived. The rules to govern it are being drafted elsewhere, and health is not at the table. Read more
EU PERSPECTIVES - Some pharmaceutical companies are openly warning that they could delay bringing their medicines to Europe. Solène Jouan is not willing to accept it. The policy officer at the European Patients' Forum believes such warnings place undue pressure on member states and already overstretched health systems. Ultimately, she argues, the...
EURACTIV - With global attention turning to expanding HIV prevention, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is urging governments worldwide to ensure the twice-yearly drug lenacapavir becomes affordable and widely accessible. Its Belgian section made the appeal from Brussels during the 26th International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, calling on the...










