Achieving better health across the EU
The European Health Data Space (EHDS) has the potential to improve patient outcomes across the EU and build on Europe's innovation capabilities in the healthcare space. However, to achieve these ambitions, policymakers must ensure the initiative provides the necessary intellectual property (IP) protection, appropriate data flow possibilities and a structure for the development of a single market for digital health services and products. Read the details in our position paper.
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Healthcare, competitiveness, innovation and simplification
Europe’s life sciences sector sits at the heart of the EU’s competitiveness agenda. It supports advanced manufacturing and helps bring new treatments and technologies to patients. Yet companies deciding where to invest need a regulatory environment that is predictable and open to global cooperation.
The European Commission’s work on the Biotech Act and the targeted revision of the Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostics Regulations (MDR/IVDR) offers an opportunity to improve that environment. Both files can help make Europe a stronger location for life sciences investment.
The EU should use this moment to build a framework that keeps pace with scientific progress. That means faster and clearer procedures. It also means better use of data and intellectual property rules that recognise the realities of global supply chains.
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