🇪🇺 We are finishing the #EHS2025 with closing remarks from Arnaud Thysen, Director General of EBS:

“Health is no longer just another policy file; it is now a defining pillar of Europe’s competitiveness, security, and long-term resilience.”

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Oliver Varhelyi -EU Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, @ec.europa.eu:

“The European model of universal, high-quality care is no longer guaranteed; it is under real pressure from tightening budgets and a rapidly ageing population.”

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Ibo Sanz, Chief Strategy Officer, LLYC Venturing:

“AI now shapes how public officials think, decide, and form opinions, going beyond a tool for information to actively influencing health policy.”

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Arantxa Sanz, CEO of Catalonia Health:

“Pharma and healthcare prioritize proprietary, high-quality data over commercial platforms, as accuracy underpins reliable insights and innovation.”

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Carlos Parry, European Healthcare Lead from LLYC:

“AI is guiding policy, but human behaviour remains unpredictable, and it’s reshaping how public influence and engagement work.”

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🎤Padraic Ward, Head of Pharma International from Roche, pointed out:

“Our health systems were built for acute illness, but they’re now overwhelmed by chronic disease; and people are clearly signalling that it’s time to rethink how care is organised and delivered.”

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FulviaRaffaelli, Head of the Digital Health Unit, DG SANTE @ec.europa.eu:

“The European Health Data Space isn’t an EU data silo but a trusted network where citizens control access and aggregated data safely supports research.”

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💬 Emer Cooke, Executive Director at European Medicines Agency said:

“Our job is to get it right. Enabling safe, effective, high-quality innovation to reach patients while truly listening to those patients, who often know more about their disease than anyone else.”

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Daniel Naumov, Vice-Minister of Health from the Government of Lithuania:

“The European Health Data Space needs stronger public education so people understand the value of sharing data for better care.”

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Antonella Cardone, President of Cancer Patients Europe:

“We have strong data on EU health inequalities, but the challenge is turning it into action through tools like the European Semester, starting with cancer.”

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Felicitas Riedl, Director for Innovation and Competitiveness at @eib.org:

“We need to adopt the mindset that investing in health is essential, and there are clear opportunities to make a strong investment case that generates returns while supporting health.”

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Claus Zieler, Chief Commercial and Medical Affairs Officer at Astellas:

“Our industry is about far more than pills: it’s about heavy investment, high-skilled jobs, and deep partnerships with universities creating an export engine to rival the software sector.”

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Robert Day, Oncology Commercial Vice President from International Commercial Office of Pfizer:

“Funding new trials requires ROI, but with revenues now concentrated in the US, China, and Japan, Europe’s share will keep shrinking unless we act.”

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Minister for Health and Active Ageing from the Government of Malta, Jo Etienne Abela:

“EU health budgets aren’t just 400 million euros, they ensure 150 million people receive quality care and support vital research and infrastructure.”

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Tomilav Sokol, Member of the European Parliament @europarl.europa.eu:

“Cardiovascular disease isn’t ignored, but it competes with shifting EU debates—from tobacco to alcohol and nutrition, while other issues often steal political attention.”

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Christoph Schöbel, Head of the Centre for Sleep and Telemedicine, Essen University Medical Centre:

“Sleep medicine lacks education: doctors get little training, patients lack guidance, home tests are limited, and sleep labs are scarce with long waits.”

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Prof. Gianfranco Parati, Scientific Director and Head of Department of Cardiology, IRCCS at Instituto Auxologico Italiano:
"Under seven hours of sleep strains the heart, raising the risk of cardiovascular disease."

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Dr Kimberly Sterling, Vice President, Health Research at @resmed.bsky.social:

"It's a clear signal of how a healthcare system can learn and improve when therapy compliance is supported.”

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At #EHS2025, ESWI Vice-Chair Ab Osterhaus :
“We didn’t expect the last pandemic — and we won’t predict the next. Europe must build sustainable, coordinated systems.”
From H5N1 to future threats, surveillance and unity matter.
#ESWI #Influenza #OneHealth

At #EHS2025, Ab Osterhaus :
“We don’t know what the next pandemic will be — but we know preparedness saves lives and money.”
Strengthening surveillance, funding sustainability, and including vulnerable regions is the way forward. 🌍💡
#GlobalHealth #WOHC2026

EU Reporter Jennifer Baker:

“AI is transforming healthcare, revolutionising diagnostics, personalising treatment, and improving patient outcomes; while forcing us to confront the very challenges that stand between us and its full promise.”

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Serena Borbotti-Frison, Director General at Allied For Startups, highlighted:

“If startups spend their time battling red tape, Europe will lose talent. We need simple, navigable regulations that let innovators test, learn, and grow.”

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Paul Duan, CEO, Founder and President of Bayes Impact:

“Our mission is to make AI a healthcare digital commons, empowering frontline workers to save time, improve care, and freely access powerful tools.”

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Manuel Marina Breyesse, CEO, Cardiologist and Co-Founder of IDOVEN:

“Europe can turn its science into market-ready AI health tools, where even a few successes drive growth, fund R&D, and save lives.”

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Marco Marsella, Director, Digital, EU4Health and Health Systems Modernisation at @ec.europa.eu:

“Turning an AI idea into hospital practice requires data, scale, and trusted European sandboxes to safely test and verify innovations before patient use.”

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🇪🇺 Carles Fàbrega, Managing Director, Human Health at HIPRA: "Our experience shows One Health in action: the more vaccines we use in animal health, the fewer antibiotics are needed, and the lower the risk of resistance. This same logic can and should guide our approach to human health."

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🗳️ Beth Thompson, Executive Director at @wellcometrust.bsky.social:

"Antimicrobial resistance has received high-level political attention on paper, yet the political will at the top and the scientific evidence at the bottom are still not meeting in the middle."

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🇪🇺 Laurent Muschel, Deputy Head, DG HERAl at @ec.europa.eu:

“AI is being built to give us the medical countermeasures for the next pandemic, not just against known pathogens, but through broad vaccine, diagnostic and therapeutic platforms facing the blind spots.”

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🇪🇺 Mónica García Gomez, Minister of Health, Government of Spain:

“Multilateralism in health is not optional, it is essential. We must protect and reform global institutions to make them more effective, more democratic, and better funded.”

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Greg Corrado, Senior Researcher Director from Google:

“Our vision for AI in health is simple but ambitious: to help people everywhere live healthier, happier, longer lives by reimagining care for patients and those who look after them.”

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