Industrial changes in the health sector in the face of multiplying crises - Related links

Additional background links

European Commission & Joint Research Centre

European Commission

• The European Health Union: acting together for people's health – European Commission Communication (22 may 2024)
• A Critical Medicines Alliance for Europe – European Commission Factsheet (24 April 2024)
• Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) Work Plan – European Commission Work Plan (2024)
• Addressing medicine shortages in the EU – European Commission Communication (24 December 2023)
• Speech by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides at EP Plenary Session on Medicine Shortages and Strategic Healthcare Autonomy – European Commission Press Release (3 October 2023)
• Pharmaceutical Regulation – European Commission Proposal for a Regulation (26 April 2023)
• Pharmaceutical Directive – European Commission Proposal for a Directive (26 April 2023)
• Reform of the pharmaceutical legislation and measures addressing antimicrobial resistance – European Commission Communication (26 April 2023)
• EU Global Health Strategy – European Commission Communication (30 November 2022)
• Future-proofing pharmaceutical legislation: study on medicine shortages – European Commission Report (January 2022)
• Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe – European Commission Communication (25 November 2020)
• Building a European Health Union: Reinforcing the EU’s resilience for cross-border health threats – European Commission Communication (11 November 2020)
• Serious cross-border threats to health – European Commission proposal for a Regulation (11 November 2020)
• Extend the mandate of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control – European Commission Proposal for a Regulation (11 November 2020)

Joint Research Centre

• Bio-based value chains for chemicals, plastics and pharmaceuticals – JRC Report (2021)
• Access and Cost of Education and Health Services – JRC Report (2021)
• Reassessing the Decline of EU  Manufacturing: A Global Value Chain Analysis – JRC Report (2019)

European Parliament and Council of the European Union

Legislation

• Reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices – Regulation (EU) 2022/123 of the European Parliament and of the Council (25 January 2022)
• Health technology assessment – Regulation (EU) 2021/2282 of the European Parliament and of the Council (15 December 2021)

European Parliament

• Revision of EU pharmaceutical legislation – European Parliament Research Services (May 2024)
• Building up resilience to cross-border health threats – European Parliament Research Services (February 2023)
• Towards a new EU pharmaceutical strategy – European Parliament Research Services (December 2022)
• A European public infrastructure for pharmaceutical research and development – European Parliament Research Services (December 2021)
• Addressing shortages of medicines – European Parliament Research Services (April 2020)

Council of the European Union

• EU health policy – Council of the European Union Info Page (2024)
• The EU's response to the COVID-19 pandemic – Council of the European Union Info Page (2024)
• European Health Union: protecting Europeans against cross-border health threats – Council of the European Union Info Page (2024)
• Health technology assessment – Council of the European Union Info Page (2024)
• Open strategic autonomy in the area of health: Measures to develop a solid pharmaceutical ecosystem – Council of the European Union Background Note (10 November 2023)

Additional Articles, Studies and Reports

• White Paper on Circular Economy – European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (May 2024)
• Much More than a Market (Chapter on Health Sector) – Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market (17 April 2024)
• Global Trends to 2040: Choosing Europe's Future – European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) Global Trends Report (April 2024)
• Securing Medical Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World – OECD Report (February 2024)
• The European Medicines Agency’s contribution to science, medicines and health in 2023 – EMA Annual Report (2024)
• Pharmaceutical industry in Europe: Statistics & Facts – Statista Info Page (2024)
• European Medicine Agencies Network Strategy to 2025 – EMA & Heads of Medicines Agencies Report (December 2023)
• Health at a Glance (Chapter 9 on Pharmaceutical Sector) – OECD Report (November 2023)
• A value-based approach to pricing – European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (April 2023)
• The Pharmaceutical Industry in Figures – European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (2023)
• Factors affecting the location of biopharmaceutical investments and implications for European policy priorities – Charles River Associates (October 2022)
• EII Health Annual Report – European Institute of Innovation and Technology (2022)