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European Federation of Pharmaceutical industries and associations
   

EFPIA Newsletter 29 January 2026

 
 
 
   

Europe has a choice to make

Health security starts long before a crisis. Europe can prepare for the next pandemic by investing now in vaccines, medicines or scramble when it hits at a far greater cost to patients, health systems, and economies.

Which will it choose? 

Learn more here.

 
 
 
 
   

Events

 

Launch of the State of Cardiovascular Health in the European Union Report
10 February 2026 (Online)

Join the European Commission and the OECD for a webinar presenting the state of Cardiovascular Health in the European... Read more

Everything you need to know about IHI contributing partners
11 February 2026 (Online)

This webinar will provide an in-depth exploration of the key aspects of becoming an IHI contributing partner in single-stage... Read more

Building trustworthy 21st century healthcare systems: Results from the OECD Patient Reported...
19 February 2026 (Online)

Join this OECD webinar, which explores the findings presented in Chapter 6 of the PaRIS flagship report, highlighting... Read more

Health Economics and Policy Evaluation Course March 2026
02 March 2026 (Online)

Join the Health Economics and Policy Evaluation ONLINE Course 2026, delivered by the University of Oxford. Read more

 
 
 
   

What we are reading

 
Measles in Europe: How to get back on track
On 28 January 2026 (Vaccines Today)

Measles is circulating in 25% of countries in the WHO’s 53-member European region. It has made an unwelcome return... Read more

The impact of ageing on the fiscal sustainability of EU Health Care Systems: Projections and...
On 27 January 2026 (European Commission)

This Economic Brief analyses the effects of the expected population ageing on the public expenditure on health care... Read more

A UNIFIED effort to put the patient voice front and centre
On 27 January 2026 (IHI)

The new project will deliver a framework to integrate different types of patient input to generate more accurate... Read more

Waste Water Directive: 10 billion tax for the European pharmaceutical industry
On 22 January 2026 (Il Sole 24 Ore)

Alarm from Farmindustria-Egualia: the provisions for removing micropollutants are unsustainable, suspend the Directive... Read more