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European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations EFPIA Newsletter 14 October 2021
      Securing and strengthening Europe's position as leader in life sciences for the benefit of patients across the world
 
 
By Olivier Laureau, President of Servier and Second Vice President of EFPIA
 
Since the beginning of 2020, the world has experienced an unprecedented health crisis. In the early stages of pandemic our only defense was extreme lockdown measures to protect citizens from the spread of the virus. Very quickly attention turned to the life science community to develop diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines, and mitigate the human, economic and social harm that COVID-19 had caused world-wide.

The research-based pharmaceutical industry responded to this crisis at an extraordinary pace, developing safe and effective vaccines in an incredibly short time-frame. The response underlined the need for a strong pharmaceutical sector, able to (...)

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      News
 
  11 October 2021 EFPIA statement on tomorrow's meeting of EU Health Ministers

EFPIA welcomes the proposals from the the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU presented in the draft Council...

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      Blogs
 
  14 October 2021 ‘Moonshot’ mindset can make the impossible possible

Over the last 20 years we have witnessed some incredible advances in orphan and paediatric medicine. Now is the time...

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  14 October 2021 Multi-stakeholder dialogue paving the way to increased understanding of complex clinical trials...

Highlights from the 5-6 October Workshop

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  14 October 2021 IMI projects deliver top quality research publications

Collaboration counts: the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) drove public-private partnerships that produced high-impact...

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  14 October 2021 Podcast: What is needed from the ECDC to be better prepared for future health threats?

Welcome to 19 Conversations

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      How can we make the impossible possible for rare and paediatric disease?
 
 
 
EFPIA's recent event
This virtual event sought to discuss challenges and facilitators in the development of orphan and paediatric medicines.
 
 
Karl's story
30 million people in Europe live with a rare disease. #WeWontRest in finding ground-breaking therapies that make more and more treatments possible.
 
 
 
 
 
How has the Orphan Regulation contributed to addressing unmet medical needs for rare diseases?
Hear from David Nestor, Head of Neuromuscular Diseases, Europe, Canada and Partner Markets, Biogen
 
 
Making the impossible possible for children
With 600 paediatric medicines in development, we’ve made great strides towards paediatric research and #WeWontRest driving innovation to help children stay healthy
 
 
 
 
      Events
 
 
20 OCT 2021
  Living with Cancer after Cancer Virtual event

The 1st International Conference on Cancer Survivorship

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08 NOV 2021
  Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference Virtual event

Sustaining innovation and collaboration beyond the pandemic #FTPharma

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09 NOV 2021
  Investigating the syndemic threat of COVID-19 and chronic disease: The diabetes case... Virtual event

Improved integration of care is the way forward to strengthen chronic disease management in emergencies and beyond

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16 NOV 2021
  Pandemic Prevention: how Europe can lead the fight against AMR Virtual event

The COVID-19 pandemic took the world by surprise. An AMR induced pandemic will not.

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      What we are reading
Harmonised Newborn Screening in Europe - a window of opportunity that we should not miss! 12 October 2021  (EURORDIS) Read more →
Calling decision-makers to adapt flu vaccination programs and policies in light of COVID-19... 15 September 2021  (Together against Flu) Read more →
    About the EFPIA newsletter

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) represents the pharmaceutical industry operating in Europe. Through its direct membership of 37 national associations and 40 leading pharmaceutical companies, EFPIA is the voice on the EU scene of 1,900 companies committed to researching, developing and bringing to patients new medicines that will improve health and the quality of life around the world.

 
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