Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)3d ago
UK-Swiss trade deal held up over pharma row https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-switzerland-trade-deal-pharmaceutical-row/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #DepartmentforBusinessandTrade #Intellectualproperty #DepartmentofHealth #TradeAgreements #Biotechdrugs #Lifesciences #Negotiations #Development #Innovation #Investment #Companies #Medicines #Industry #Services #Markets #Patents #Tariffs #TradeUK #Pharma #Rights #Trade
UK-Swiss trade deal held up over pharma row

British government departments are split over the issue.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Jun 17, 2025
What If Europe became a beacon for biotech innovation? https://www.politico.eu/sponsored-content/what-if-europe-became-a-beacon-for-biotech-innovation/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #ResearchandDevelopment #Competitiveness #Biotechnology #Healthsystems #Biotechdrugs #Gene-editing #Competition #HealthCare #Startups
What If Europe became a beacon for biotech innovation?

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Jun 13, 2025
Unleashing Europe’s biotech prowess requires radical reinvention https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-biotech-progress-competitiveness-innovation-research/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #ResearchandDevelopment #Intellectualproperty #Competitiveness #Highereducation #Biotechnology #Climatechange #Biotechdrugs #Lifesciences #Agriculture #Innovation #Investment #Regulation #Medicines #Startups #Opinion #Pharma
Unleashing Europe’s biotech prowess requires radical reinvention

The bloc is all too often sitting on the sidelines, asking “what’s allowed?” rather than “what’s possible?”

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Jun 12, 2025
Covid-19 vaccine-maker BioNTech to acquire former rival CureVac https://www.politico.eu/article/covid-19-vaccine-maker-biontech-to-acquire-former-rival-curevac/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #Mergersandacquisitions #Biotechnology #Biotechdrugs #Regulation #HealthCare #Medicines #Vaccines #Cancer #ATMPs
Covid-19 vaccine-maker BioNTech to acquire former rival CureVac

Both German companies have continued mRNA programs on so-called cancer vaccines.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)May 22, 2025
Poland hits a wall trying to curb Big Pharma’s profits https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-health-care-big-pharma-law-europe-drugs/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Intellectualproperty #Competitiveness #Healthsystems #Biotechdrugs #Regulation #HealthCare #Medicines #Pharma
Poland hits a wall trying to curb Big Pharma’s profits

The EU’s ‘competitiveness’ mantra appears to be swaying more countries to back the pharmaceutical industry.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Jan 30, 2025
Europe faces growing threat of fake drugs, Europol warns https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-faces-growing-threat-of-fake-medicines-europol-warns/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Druganddevicesafety #Biotechdrugs #Publichealth #Regulation #HealthCare #Medicines #Pharma
Europe faces growing threat of fake drugs, Europol warns

There has been a rise in sub-standard, falsely labelled or falsified medicines.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Sep 12, 2024
These are the most deadly pathogens — so why aren’t drug companies targeting them? https://www.politico.eu/article/most-deadly-pathogen-drug-companies-who-amr-global-emergency/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Antimicrobialresistance(AMR) #Businessandcompetition #ResearchandDevelopment #Druganddevicesafety #Infectiousdiseases #Riskandcompliance #Clinicaltrials #Sustainability #Globaleconomy #Lossanddamage #Manufacturing #patientaccess #Publicfunding #Biotechdrugs
These are the most deadly pathogens — so why aren’t drug companies targeting them?

Despite calls to step up efforts, investment in antimicrobial resistance is still insufficient.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Aug 5, 2023
Why Big Pharma might think twice about running away to America https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-drug-price-regulations-big-pharma-think-twice-america/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Druganddevicesafety #Advancedtherapies #Clinicaltrials #Biotechdrugs #Rarediseases #Drugpricing #Regulation #HealthCare #Medicines #Patients #Research #Pharma
Why Big Pharma might think twice about running away to America

A major drug pricing crackdown in the US is threatening drug companies’ bottom lines.

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