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UNITE. European Digital Health Valleys

Horizon Europe. Cascade funding. UNITE Open Call 2 for Joint Interregional Projects. UNITE European Digital Health Valleys.

Commission invests €225 million to deliver next-generation influenza vaccines

The European Union is committing €225 million to speed up the development of next-generation flu vaccines that will offer protection across a wider range of influenza variants and quickly adapted if a pandemic strain emerges. It marks the first time the Commission will be using pre-commercial procurement to advance products through clinical trials, ensuring they […]

Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan

European Court of Auditors. Special report 07/2026: Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: A wide-ranging plan facing an uncertain future Each year, cancer causes nearly 1.1 million deaths and generates over €100 billion in costs in the EU. The Commission’s latest response is Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP), a €4 billion initiative launched in 2021 and covering […]

Five years of Europe's Beating Cancer Plan with strengthened actions to fight cancer

Ahead of World Cancer Day on 4 February, the European Commission has unveiled an update of the European Code Against Cancer. The revised Code sets out practical ways to help prevent the disease and is the result of four years of work by over 60 European public health experts. The guidance is based on scientific […]

Interim evaluation of the EU4Health Programme 

Report on the interim evaluation of the EU4Health Programme 2021-2024
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EMA-FRAILTY Project | Public Health

The prevention of frailty in older people has been given a new impetus with the launch of the European project EMA-FRAILTY, an ambitious initiative funded by the Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) programme. The project began with a first kick-off meeting held at the University of Alicante (UA), the institution leading the international consortium. […]

EU4Health programme 2021-2027 – a vision for a healthier European Union

The EU4Health programme was adopted as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to reinforce crisis preparedness in the EU. The pandemic highlighted the fragility of national health systems. The EU4Health programme will bring a contribution to the long-term health challenges by building stronger, more resilient and more accessible health systems. Health is an investment […]

First HERA Invest agreement signed to support research and development in cross-border health threats

Today, the Commission, through its Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) and the European Investment Bank, have signed an agreement worth €20 million with the French biopharmaceutical company Fabentech. This will support the company's development and deployment of its broad-spectrum therapeutics to combat biological threats to public health. HERA's threat analysis has demonstrated the […]

Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee. Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: Driving forces for the security of medical radioisotopes supply (own-initiative opinion)

First Important Project of Common European Interest in the health sector

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, the first Important Project of Common European Interest (‘IPCEI') to support research, innovation and the first industrial deployment of healthcare products, as well as innovative production processes of pharmaceuticals. This IPCEI will notably contribute to the European Health Union's objectives by delivering innovations addressing diseases […]

The European Health Union

The European Health Union: acting together for people's health

European Health Union: stronger and better prepared for the future

Today, the Commission adopted a Communication on the European Health Union, which highlights the strides made in EU health policy over the last four years, for the benefit of citizens in the EU and worldwide. The start of this mandate was marked by the biggest pandemic in a century, which caused human suffering on a […]
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