Europe

The European Commission's EU Public Procurement Act would make quality, not price, the default for public tenders. EFPIA supports the shift, with one warning: resilience should not become local-content rules. #SyenzaNews #EUProcurement #Medicines #MarketAccess #HealthPolicy

An independent UK commission has published its recommendations for regulating AI in healthcare. The report calls for staged approvals and continuous real-world monitoring, alongside stronger enforcement powers for the MHRA. #SyenzaNews #AI #Healthcare #MarketAccess

Nova SBE's Saúde em Perspetiva podcast asks what Portugal's National Health Service should want from AI, and where the red lines sit. #SyenzaNews #DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare

Sandoz has put a date on its golden decade for biosimilars. The Bio100 plan targets more than 100 biosimilars by 2040, about 80% coverage of biosimilar-addressable LoE value from 2035, and a doubling of 2025 net sales. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #Biosimilars #ValueCreation

Real-world UK data presented at ERS 2026 link semaglutide to fewer asthma attacks and COPD exacerbations. The indication stays metabolic, but the signal raises a real question for value and access teams. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #GLP1 #Respiratory

An Insilico Medicine phase 2a trial found six proteomic aging clocks all detected lower biological age in patients treated with rentosertib, an AI-designed drug for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. #SyenzaNews #Proteomics #AgingClocks #DrugDiscovery #IPF

Trump's Most Favored Nation drug pricing policy is already delaying new medicine launches in Europe. Brussels journalist Christoffer Frendesen unpacks the silence, the data, and why it may outlast the Trump presidency. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #DrugPricing

EMA's voluntary pre-submission pilot opens in September 2026. It adds earlier, more structured dialogue between applicants, rapporteurs and the Agency to curb premature filings. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #RegulatoryAffairs

Novartis and Bristol Myers Squibb have paused autoimmune CAR-T trials after inflammatory events and three deaths, putting the immune-reset thesis to its first real safety test. #SyenzaNews #CellTherapy #AutoimmuneDisease #MarketAccess

EMA scientific advice volumes hit a record in the first half of 2026. The agency is planning pre-payment at submission, an agile advice pilot for 2027, and a regulatory sandbox workshop in September. #SyenzaNews #EMA #MarketAccess #DrugDevelopment

Portuguese private health insurers cleared €1 billion in six months as premiums climbed 9.1% to €466 a year. #SyenzaNews #HealthInsurance #Portugal #MarketAccess

The United States has added nine more manufacturers to its most-favored-nation drug pricing program, taking the total to 26 companies that now cover 89% of the branded drug market. #MarketAccess #DrugPricing #Pharma