News - January 23, 2023
As previously outlined in the EPSCO Council (Health) meeting on 9 December 2022 (Information Note), the European Commission adopted draft legislation on 6 January 2023 amending Regulations (EU) 2017/745 (Medical Devices Regulation – MDR) and (EU) 2017/746 (In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation – IVDR) as regards the transitional… read more
News / Press Releases - March 3, 2021
A large consortium of European health-related stakeholders, including industry players, academia, healthcare professionals and patients, share their satisfaction on the draft adequacy decision on the UK data protection regime issued by the European Commission on 19th February 2021. Protecting the benefits of the free flow… read more
News - February 26, 2021
Last January, the European Commission launched the consultation on the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority, HERA for short. How can we make sure this new agency finds its way? Clarity on its roles and responsibilities will be needed. See our take in this… read more
EUCOPE Resources / Press Releases - January 7, 2021
EUCOPE, the European association for small to medium-sized companies active in pharmaceuticals and biotechnologies submitted its response to the Paediatric and Orphan Medicinal Products (OMPs) inception impact assessment. EUCOPE represents 130 companies, many focused on rare diseases, largely small to medium-sized, playing a key role… read more
EUCOPE Resources / News - December 1, 2020
EUCOPE’s approach to the EU environment for the development of OMPs On 11 August 2020, the European Commission published its evaluation on the legislation for medicines for rare diseases and for children. In November this was followed by an Inception Impact Assessment outlining policy options… read more
EUCOPE Resources / News / Press Releases - November 25, 2020
EUCOPE, the European association for small to medium-sized companies active in pharmaceuticals and biotechnologies – many of which are researching and developing rare disease treatments – notes the publication of the European Commission Communication on the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe. EUCOPE calls for a comprehensive Pharmaceutical Strategy… read more
News - November 24, 2020
In the follow-up of Commission President von der Leyen’s intention to shape a resilient European Health Union, the Commission services announced on 11 November the publication of a Communication on Building a European Health Union: Reinforcing the EU’s resilience for cross-border health threats accompanied by… read more
News - June 16, 2020
The European Commission just opened the public consultation on its proposed pharmaceutical strategy for the EU. In the Commission’s words, the strategy intends to ‘address the current issues of access, availability and affordability of medicines, while still promoting sustainable innovation and support EU industry to… read more
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 - 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
