View from Brussels

Peter O'Donnell is a freelance journalist who specializes in European health affairs and is based in Brussels, Belgium.

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Proposed US merger could threaten innovation in cancer diagnosis, Commission officials assert.

Commission pushes for a “more unified” approach to drug development following a period of fragmented coordination during the pandemic. 

Orientation pursuits hit high gear as formal rule compliance inches closer.

Newly unveiled workplan focuses on harnessing the impact of big data on drug development—and ultimately public health.

The scope of RWE’s use in developing and approving new medicines is pitting key healthcare stakeholders against each other.

Payers join the push for better demonstrations of efficacy of new medicines.

Largely discarded topic beginning to grab hold in policy discussions. 

Battle lines being drawn among key healthcare constituencies, as discussions around new approaches to drug evaluation and decision-making heat up.

The reporting of one man in Europe is changing accountability with compliance.

But despite showing a tightening of focus on clinical trials and evidence, the annual report doesn’t paint the full picture.