Shift in Portuguese Pediatric Vaccination Policy: Evolving Perspectives on Risk and Benefit

By João L. Carapinha

April 10, 2026

Portuguese Pediatric Vaccination is now restricted to children with specific high-risk conditions, following the exact approach recommended by pharmaceutical experts in 2021. Portuguese health authorities have abandoned universal COVID-19 vaccination for children, limiting the program to those ag...
Advancements in Pulsed Field Ablation: The VARIPULSE Pro Platform Launch

By HEOR Staff Writer

April 9, 2026

Johnson & Johnson’s launchs the VARIPULSE Pro Platform in Europe. Pulsed field ablation has advanced significantly with the introduction of a new pulse sequence that delivers ablation lesions five times faster than the previous version while maintaining equivalent lesion quality and the estab...
Expansion of Community Health Programs by Novartis to Tackle Global Health Disparities
Novartis’ ambitious scale-up of community health programs aims to close critical gaps in cardiovascular and cancer care. Announced on April 9, 2026, the initiative will expand these community health programs from 11 to more than 30 countries by 2030, including five major U.S. cities, with a stron...
Antimicrobial Resistance Art: Bridging Science and Health Through Visual Storytelling
Antimicrobial resistance art is powerfully demonstrated in the illustrated album Sketching Antimicrobial Resistance: Thirty Stories, One Health, published in November 2025 by the EU-JAMRAI 2 initiative. The publication brings together 30 original artworks from artists across 30 European ...
Differentiated Visceral Fat Reduction in Early Trials of WVE-007

By João L. Carapinha

April 7, 2026

New clinical evidence shows meaningful visceral fat reduction with a single dose of an investigational therapy. A single 240 mg dose of WVE-007, an investigational INHBE GalNAc-siRNA (SpiNA design), produced continued placebo-adjusted reductions in visceral fat mass (−14.3%; p<0.05) and total ...
Impact of Insulin Copay Caps on Medicare Beneficiary Health and Spending
In this update, we highlight a JAMA Internal Medicine article that analyzed the real-world impact of insulin copay caps on Medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes. According to a new study, these policies have successfully lowered out-of-pocket insulin costs and improved adherence among exist...
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Shift in Portuguese Pediatric Vaccination Policy: Evolving Perspectives on Risk and Benefit

By João L. Carapinha

April 10, 2026

Portuguese Pediatric Vaccination is now restricted to children with specific high-risk conditions, following the exact approach recommended by pharmaceutical experts in 2021. Portuguese health authorities have abandoned universal COVID-19 vaccination for children, limiting the program to those ag...

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Advancements in Pulsed Field Ablation: The VARIPULSE Pro Platform Launch

By HEOR Staff Writer

April 9, 2026

Johnson & Johnson’s launchs the VARIPULSE Pro Platform in Europe. Pulsed field ablation has advanced significantly with the introduction of a new pulse sequence that delivers ablation lesions five times faster than the previous version while maintaining equivalent lesion quality and the estab...

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Expansion of Community Health Programs by Novartis to Tackle Global Health Disparities
Novartis’ ambitious scale-up of community health programs aims to close critical gaps in cardiovascular and cancer care. Announced on April 9, 2026, the initiative will expand these community health programs from 11 to more than 30 countries by 2030, including five major U.S. cities, with a stron...

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Antimicrobial Resistance Art: Bridging Science and Health Through Visual Storytelling
Antimicrobial resistance art is powerfully demonstrated in the illustrated album Sketching Antimicrobial Resistance: Thirty Stories, One Health, published in November 2025 by the EU-JAMRAI 2 initiative. The publication brings together 30 original artworks from artists across 30 European ...

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Advancements in Pulsed Field Ablation: The VARIPULSE Pro Platform Launch
Johnson & Johnson’s launchs the VARIPULSE Pro Platform in Europe. Pulsed field ablation has advanced significantly with the introduction of a new pulse sequence that delivers ablation lesions five times faster than the previous version while maintaining equivalent lesion quality and the estab...

Global Updates

Expansion of Community Health Programs by Novartis to Tackle Global Health Disparities
Novartis’ ambitious scale-up of community health programs aims to close critical gaps in cardiovascular and cancer care. Announced on April 9, 2026, the initiative will expand these community health programs from 11 to more than 30 countries by 2030, including five major U.S. cities, with a stron...

Global Updates

Antimicrobial Resistance Art: Bridging Science and Health Through Visual Storytelling
Antimicrobial resistance art is powerfully demonstrated in the illustrated album Sketching Antimicrobial Resistance: Thirty Stories, One Health, published in November 2025 by the EU-JAMRAI 2 initiative. The publication brings together 30 original artworks from artists across 30 European ...

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100% Tariffs Impacting Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and National Security

By João L. Carapinha

April 3, 2026

President Donald J. Trump has imposed tariffs on patented pharmaceutical products and their ingredients, using tariffs pharmaceutical manufacturing policy to protect national security and strengthen U.S. supply chains. The move applies a baseline 100% tariff on patented pharmaceuticals, with lowe...

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Shift in Portuguese Pediatric Vaccination Policy: Evolving Perspectives on Risk and Benefit

By João L. Carapinha

April 10, 2026

Portuguese Pediatric Vaccination is now restricted to children with specific high-risk conditions, following the exact approach recommended by pharmaceutical experts in 2021. Portuguese health authorities have abandoned universal COVID-19 vaccination for children, limiting the program to those ag...
Advancements in Pulsed Field Ablation: The VARIPULSE Pro Platform Launch

By HEOR Staff Writer

April 9, 2026

Johnson & Johnson’s launchs the VARIPULSE Pro Platform in Europe. Pulsed field ablation has advanced significantly with the introduction of a new pulse sequence that delivers ablation lesions five times faster than the previous version while maintaining equivalent lesion quality and the estab...
Antimicrobial Resistance Art: Bridging Science and Health Through Visual Storytelling
Antimicrobial resistance art is powerfully demonstrated in the illustrated album Sketching Antimicrobial Resistance: Thirty Stories, One Health, published in November 2025 by the EU-JAMRAI 2 initiative. The publication brings together 30 original artworks from artists across 30 European ...
Advancing the Biosimilar Approval Framework: A Shift Towards Analytical Comparability

By HEOR Staff Writer

April 6, 2026

Below we highlight how the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is reshaping the biosimilar approval framework by prioritising advanced analytical characterisation over traditional comparative efficacy studies. A recently finalized reflection paper outlines a science-based, tailored clinical develo...

North America

Expansion of Community Health Programs by Novartis to Tackle Global Health Disparities

By João L. Carapinha

April 9, 2026

Novartis’ ambitious scale-up of community health programs aims to close critical gaps in cardiovascular and cancer care. Announced on April 9, 2026, the initiative will expand these community health programs from 11 to more than 30 countries by 2030, including five major U.S. cities, with a stron...
Differentiated Visceral Fat Reduction in Early Trials of WVE-007

By João L. Carapinha

April 7, 2026

New clinical evidence shows meaningful visceral fat reduction with a single dose of an investigational therapy. A single 240 mg dose of WVE-007, an investigational INHBE GalNAc-siRNA (SpiNA design), produced continued placebo-adjusted reductions in visceral fat mass (−14.3%; p<0.05) and total ...
Impact of Insulin Copay Caps on Medicare Beneficiary Health and Spending
In this update, we highlight a JAMA Internal Medicine article that analyzed the real-world impact of insulin copay caps on Medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes. According to a new study, these policies have successfully lowered out-of-pocket insulin costs and improved adherence among exist...
Advancements in Immunotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: EMERALD-3 Trial Results

By João L. Carapinha

April 3, 2026

Immunotherapy hepatocellular carcinoma treatment has taken a significant step forward with positive high-level results from the EMERALD-3 Phase III trial. The addition of dual immunotherapy using AstraZeneca’s STRIDE regimen (Single Tremelimumab Regular Interval Durvalumab) together with lenvatin...

Sub-Saharan Africa

Expansion of Community Health Programs by Novartis to Tackle Global Health Disparities

By João L. Carapinha

April 9, 2026

Novartis’ ambitious scale-up of community health programs aims to close critical gaps in cardiovascular and cancer care. Announced on April 9, 2026, the initiative will expand these community health programs from 11 to more than 30 countries by 2030, including five major U.S. cities, with a stron...
Enhancing Obesity Treatment Pricing in South Africa Through Competitive Strategies

By João L. Carapinha

April 2, 2026

Novo Nordisk has cut the price of Wegovy for the second time in South Africa, making obesity treatment pricing South Africa a key focus for improved patient access. The latest reductions, announced on 25 March 2026, lower the lowest injectable dose from 3,090 rand to 1,873 rand and the highest do...
South Africa Health Reform: Revitalizing the Crisis-Stricken Sector

By João L. Carapinha

March 26, 2026

South Africa health reform is urgently needed to reverse the deepening crisis in the country’s public and private health sectors. Sustained real-term declines in public per-capita spending, massive provincial debt, critical staff shortages, and uncontrolled private-sector cost escalation are coll...
PEPFAR TB Impact: Averting Millions of Cases and Deaths Among HIV Patients

By HEOR Staff Writer

March 25, 2026

PEPFAR TB Impact has been profound, with the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief averting an estimated 11.0 million tuberculosis (TB) cases and 2.1 million TB-related deaths among persons with HIV between 2003 and 2024. The PEPFAR TB impact extends far beyond HIV, delivering substa...