Happy 70th birthday to the European flag 🇪🇺
Back in 1955, the Council of Europe reviewed more than 100 designs, and chose this one as the winner.
The 12 stars stand for completeness, not countries. The design was chosen so it wouldn’t change with borders or new members.
We need health leaders who not only have knowledge and vision, but also the skills to navigate complexity, build consensus, and inspire action.
In Brussels, together with EU Commissioner @OliverVarhelyi and @EU_Health Director-General Sandra Gallina, I was honoured to open the Health Union Fellowship (HUF) as Patron of its 2nd cohort.
Its mission echoes the Pan-European Leadership Academy and the global health diplomacy programme I launched few years ago. All recognize that leadership is not just about managing systems - it is about diplomacy, advocacy, and uniting diverse actors to drive health transformation.
This becomes more urgent in a time of “permacrisis” – from geopolitical instability to climate change, chronic diseases, rapid technology shifts, and rising emergencies.
We need health diplomats who can open the right doors at the right moment, placing health at the centre of political and investment decisions.
I commend @SandraGallina, @EU_Health, HUF Ambassador @josepfigueras for championing the next generation of health leaders, and I am grateful to @WHOAFRO Regional Director @ProfJanabi for joining this event.
Emerging biopharma companies have increased their share of trial starts across all major therapy areas over the past five years.
From oncology to neurology to immunology, EBPs are driving more of today’s clinical innovation. Download now: https://t.co/5HN4MnXgwr.
As partners of the @BRIGHTskillsEU, we support the launch of the Skills Survey, which is gathering input from healthcare employers and professionals to better understand evolving skill requirements and training gaps across Europe.
💡Take the survey here: https://t.co/jEsSevF3kN
“Europe is called the dinosaur of regulation. But that stability is intentional. Our social systems rely on shared responsibility, and if people misuse them, they don’t work.” - Dr. Anja Schiel at the IQVIA Institute #ESMO25
Watch more: https://t.co/vPaGlaT5Lu.
@mcuban And the path to next gen biosimilar medicines of the remaining ones seem even more uncertain the scientific, regulatory and economic models have still to be shaped
The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD2023) is a major source of information on population health globally, regionally & nationally.
I congratulated Prof. Christopher Murray, Director of @IHME_UW and co-chair of @TheLancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Health, on its release, and stressed that the new data will help policymakers set priorities and guide resources worldwide, and serve as a rich source for data analysts.
In our meeting on the margins of #WHS2025 in Berlin, we also discussed deepening @WHO_Europe’s collaboration with IHME to strengthen evidence-based policymaking across the Region.
Explore the GBD2023 here >> https://t.co/tXkN9K3nCl
#HealthForAll
🌍This year’s #GlobalBiosimilarsWeek is placing biosimilar medicines at the heart of Global Health Impact. 🗓️From November 3–7, let's explore how biosimilars represent a 𝐀 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡!
➡️https://t.co/GhtYQFAQF2
@IGBAmedicines
🫀Today is #WorldHeartDay. Cardiovascular disease remains the lead killer in the EU – claiming 1.7 million lives every year.
We must change this. That’s why we are developing the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan.
Find out more:
🔗 https://t.co/CgqjxFB4HU
#HealthUnion
Primary health care (PHC) is about more than medicine – it is the gateway to trust, dignity & fairness.
Honoured to moderate the opening session at the #UNGA side event on the political economy of PHC with 🇰🇿 Health Minister Akmaral Alnazarova, WHO DG @DrTedros & UNFPA ED @DieneKeita.
PHC is the smart investment – saving lives & preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed. It is also the great equalizer – closing inequalities & building trust. That’s why PHC runs through every priority in our new European Programme of Work - #EPW2.
Grateful to #Kazakhstan for convening this meeting, initiating the Global Coalition on PHC & hosting WHO/Europe’s PHC Centre in Almaty. Рахмет!
#HealthForAll
🌍 At #RC75CPH, WHO/Europe Member States and partners explored how to strengthen health emergency planning—embedding preparedness in policy, overcoming fragmented systems and leveraging synergies.
#HealthSecurity#Preparedness
🧪This week, we took part in the EMA's Biosimilar Medicinal Products Working Party (BMWP) technical workshop on the draft reflection paper for a tailored clinical approach in biosimilar development.
We will keep supporting evidence-based innovation in biosimilar development.🤝
Words matter.
What people eat, drink, and buy depends on policies, environments, and access. With a new UN Political declaration on #NCDs and only 5 years to 2030, we need to use language that reflects reality: policies and systems shape healthy environments.
#HLM4@WHOWPRO
📢 The UWWTD risks making essential medicines unviable & disrupting supply. Medicines for Europe calls for:
1️⃣ Immediate pause of EPR
2️⃣ A transparent impact study
3️⃣ Science-based revision of EPR provisions
Los #biosimilares también generan empleo e industria:
🏭 7 plantas de producción en España
👩🔬 +1.400 empleos
En BioSim trabajamos para fortalecer este ecosistema que une ciencia, industria y personas.
10 años desde la comercialización ✅ del primer anticuerpo monoclonal #biosimilar, el #infliximab.
10 años de la democratización de estos tratamientos biológicos, de #ahorros 💰, de seguridad en el suministro 🔒 y de innovación incremental.
10 años dando #MuchaVida 🫂 a los #pacientes, a los profesionales, al sistema sanitario y a la industria.
🔗https://t.co/CalIbJg3Ob
The latest episode of the Medicine Matters podcast is available to listen and download below. In this edition we discuss data and what patent expiries mean for NHS savings and increased patient access.
In particular, we look at what some of the loss of exclusivity events in 2025 will mean including some of the major biosimilars identified by NHS England as part of their best value biologics programme.
https://t.co/QY76c8mkAh
#generics #biologics #medicines
🤝 Today, we discussed key steps in European integration and regulatory cooperation with the Ukrainian High-Level Delegation.
🇪🇺 Strengthening ties with candidate countries also means closer collaboration in off-patent pharma and health systems.
Trumponomics offers gestures like equity stakes in Intel without a plan: interventions without coordination, and spending without strategy. The problem isn’t the use of industrial policy but how it’s deployed – not to build productive capacity and deliver real gains for workers and communities but to dismantle the entrepreneurial state.
New piece in @ProSyn ➡️ https://t.co/Dr85YIgMYv
#WorldHeartDay🫀is 29 Sept!
Join our stakeholder webinar to:
🔹Discover preliminary results from our Call for Evidence
🔹 Discuss the future of cardiovascular health in the EU
Agenda & registration:
🔗https://t.co/xM8cVUf9Zn
#HealthUnion