Drug Shortages, AMR & Cancer High On New EU Commissioner’s Agenda

Vaccine Hesitancy And E-Health Also In The Spotlight

The new EU commissioner for health has been given a number of high-priority tasks, including medicines supply and tackling antimicrobial resistance. These topics will be taken up by the European Commission’s advisory body, the Pharmaceutical Committee, in its new work plan.

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Stella Kyriakides, the EU's new Health Commissioner • Source: Shutterstock

One of the priorities of the EU’s new commissioner for health, Stella Kyriakides, will be to help the member states to improve the quality and sustainability of their health systems, which will include ensuring the supply of affordable medicines and addressing the thorny issue of drug shortages.

That is among the tasks entrusted to Kyriakides by the new president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,...

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