The economic burden of obesity in Europe: up to 1.4% of GDP

COMP’s July 2026 sitting recommended 12 orphan drug designations, withdrew four, and sharpened the test for significant benefit against authorised therapies. #SyenzaNews #OrphanDrugs #MarketAccess #RareDiseases

Nine pharma chairs, from AstraZeneca to Sanofi, warn Europe is losing the pharmaceutical investment race to the US and China, and call on governments to treat medicines as strategic infrastructure. #SyenzaNews #pharmaceuticals #MarketAccess #drugdevelopment

SAHPRA reports a clean audit, WHO ML3 vaccine maturity, and ICH membership in its 2025/26 annual report, with R515.7 million in revenue and a R33.7 million surplus. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #SAHPRA

Regional networks anchored to local contexts are the missing link for responsible AI in low-resource health systems, a new npj Digital Medicine Perspective argues. #ResponsibleAI #DigitalHealth #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity

The FDA has granted full approval to Inluriyo plus Verzenio for ESR1-mutated metastatic breast cancer. In the Phase 3 EMBER-3 trial, the all-oral combination doubled median progression-free survival versus Inluriyo alone, at 11.1 months versus 5.5 months. #SyenzaNews #Oncology #MarketAccess

HTAsiaLink 2026 brought HTA agencies, researchers and patient representatives together in Taipei to weigh real-world evidence, AI and patient involvement against the realities of different Asia-Pacific health systems. #HTA #HealthEconomics #MarketAccess

Nigeria’s NHIA has inaugurated a national health technology assessment steering committee to anchor healthcare spending in evidence. #SyenzaNews #HTA #HealthEconomics #Nigeria

The European Commission has published three templates that formalise written input from patients, carers and clinicians in EU Joint Clinical Assessments, locking it onto the scope proposal and the draft report. #HTA #JCA #MarketAccess

Portugal pharmaceutical exports climbed 42.9% in 2025 to €5.0 billion. Without that increase, national goods exports would have contracted. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #Pharma

Infarmed has launched INOV@INFARMED, a new network connecting Portugal’s medicines regulator with 26 universities and research institutes to advance regulation and health technology assessment. #SyenzaNews #HTA #RegulatoryScience #HealthInnovation