EUCOPE News — Patients
News - January 19, 2021
The recent years have seen a number of high-end innovative therapies becoming accessible to patients in Europe. These products offer groundbreaking new opportunities to patients living with rare diseases or cancer, with the capacity of often one-time disease-modifying and potentially… read more
Tags: Access, ATMPs, Medicines, Patients
News - January 14, 2021
Join experts on 27 January, to discuss how a fit-for-purpose environment can help develop AI and the digitalisation of healthcare. Hearing the priorities of the Portuguese presidency and the European Commission’s plans on digital health, panellists will share ideas on:… read more
Tags: Digital, Events, Patients, Regulatory
News - December 14, 2020
According to the MHRA Guidance, up until 31 December 2021, medicines can be supplied from Great Britain (GB) to Northern Ireland (NI) with a “pragmatic approach” to applying EU rules on importation and unique identifier requirements. Outside of these two areas,… read more
Tags: Brexit, Medicines, Patients
News - December 2, 2020
Aware of the complex European policy landscape that will keep policymakers busy in the months to come, EUCOPE wanted to discuss the European innovation leadership in the pharmaceutical sector and discover how the European Union and Member States can support… read more
Tags: Medicines, OMP, Patients
News - December 2, 2020
On 8 December, the European Alliance for Transformative Therapies, a broad alliance of Members of European Parliament, patient groups, European Reference Networks, academia and industry, will be officially launched in a virtual meeting from 16.00 to 17.30. The Alliance, supported… read more
Tags: ATMPs, Events, Patients, Research
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… read more
Tags: Commission, Medicines, OMP, Patients, Rare Diseases
News - November 27, 2020
On 30/11, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will organise a virtual event to encourage early and efficient interactions with the regulators by highlighting pre-marketing support in medicine development in rare diseases. The meeting will highlight and explain existing tools in the context… read more
Tags: EMA, Events, OMP, Patients
News / Press Release - 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… read more
Tags: Access, ATMPs, Commission, COVID19, Medicines, OMP, Patients, Rare Diseases, Regulatory, Research
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… read more
Tags: Commission, Medicines, Patients
News - October 28, 2020
Sickle cell disease is one of the most prevalent genetic diseases in Europe. A recent report, commissioned by our member company Global Blood Therapeutics, use the latest data from 5 EU countries to draw recommendations to improve the life expectancy… read more
Tags: Patients, Rare Diseases