News - November 28, 2019
The Council of the European Union has published a second set of corrections as part of a corrigendum for the EU’s Medical Devices Regulation (MDR), this time giving manufacturers of certain Class I devices an additional four years to comply. With this corrigendum, all Class… read more
News - November 18, 2019
As the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is convening stakeholders (including a EUCOPE delegation) for a two-days workshop to brainstorm on its Regulatory Science Strategy 2025, please read our latest blog piece detailing our priorities and proposals for a more integrated and collaborative regulatory framework.
News - November 7, 2019
With 6 months to go before the application of the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR), the European Commission is putting pedal to metal in the implementation process! Two new Notified Bodies have indeed been recently designated to operate under MDR from May 2020. The two entities,… read more
News - October 14, 2019
The 10th World Orphan Drug Congress is taking place 12th–14th November, 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. Established as one of the largest and most established European orphan drug event, the event will propose an exciting speakers line-up and agenda covering the whole orphan drug landscape. The 12th… read more
News - October 2, 2019
Earlier this month, the European Commission published the outcome of an evaluation of the fee system of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) together with an Inception Impact Assessment (which can be downloaded here). The latter outlines three different options on how the EMA fee system… read more
News - September 26, 2019
The Czech Ministry of Health recently announced that the Public Health Insurance Act 48/1997, which regulates the scope and conditions under which health services are covered as well as their pricing and reimbursement, would be amended. The foreseen amendments, expected to enter into force in… read more
News - September 12, 2019
Earlier this month, the Maltese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health, Mr Chris Fearne, met with EUCOPE to discuss issues pertaining to transparency and access to medicines. This meeting took place against the background of the ongoing activities of the Valetta Declaration – which,… read more
News - August 22, 2019
EUCOPE and DIA are delighted to invite you to their 1st Joint Workshop on ATMPs, Innovative Gene and Cell Therapies in the EU, taking place in Basel, Switzerland on the 29 and 30 October. This workshop will bring developers of advanced therapies to discuss a… read more
News - August 20, 2019
EUCOPE, together with 16 associations representing patients, healthcare professionals and the pharmaceutical and devices industry have joined efforts in supporting the event “Brexit: the European Parliament’s role in prioritising patients, public health and health security across Europe”, to be held on September the 12th in… read more
News - August 14, 2019
The European Commission just published a FAQ document on the new Unique Device Identification (UDI) system, as introduced by the two new Regulations on Medical Devices (2017/745) and In Vitro Diagnostics Devices (2017/746). The document spells out the objectives of this new system, namely to… read more
