This year’s #POLITICOHealthCare summit was chock-full of discussions on AI, tariffs, climate change and more.
But a reoccurring topic was Europe’s readiness for another potential health crisis, as reporter Claudia Chiappa explains 👇
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"We need to understand that climate change is a security risk,"
@sddecleve.bsky.social says at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
"Not that our only security risk is defense, or that our industry is not competitive enough. We have to stop that."
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When it comes to climate change "mitigation is still absolutely critical," HCWH Europe’s Mark Wilson says at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
"Europe’s health systems, Europe’s health facilities are simply not ready for what’s coming."
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“Biodiversity loss as well as climate change ... create a breeding ground, literally, for infectious diseases,” DG HERA's Florika Fink says at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
“Vector-borne diseases ... these are coming up in Europe, absolutely.”
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"Climate change is, at a fundamental level, the greatest health challenge that we are facing," HCWH Europe’s Mark Wilson says at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
"It's massive human as well as economic costs."
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India and China produce many of the medicines sold in Europe, and according to EAHP's Darija Kuruc Poje, this overreliance is a problem.
She gives an example to illustrate why at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit 👇
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In response to the threat of US tariffs on Europe’s pharma industry, “we’re seeing paralysis on the European side” CEO of Office of Health Economics Graham Cookson says at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
“In the longer term I think we have an even worse situation” 👇
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Donald Trump is pledging to impose tariffs on drug imports.
According to VP at the EAHP Darija Kuruc Poje, "Whenever some market is disrupted with tariffs ... this affects the patients the most."
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With the US turning away from global initiatives, The Global Fund has been looking to diversify where its funding comes from.
“We feel strong in where we’re standing right now,” the fund's Katie Kampf says at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
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The 2025 #POLITICOHealthCare summit wraps up this afternoon with a series of panels exploring Europe’s bid to lead in global health R&D — and the effect of Trump’s tariffs on the continent’s pharma industry.
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According to Kadri Soova, director at Mental Health Europe, restricting smartphones in schools is a no-brainer.
“It’s incredibly easy, it’s cheap, I don’t think we need tons of expert panels,” she says at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit. “It’s just common sense.”
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While there’s a lot of attention on social media’s effect on the poor mental health of youths, there are other causes too, the OECD's Francesca Colombo says at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
She points to school pressure, bullying, economic strain 👇
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A challenge for Europe is getting the medical innovations it needs.
Women health is especially “underrepresented in our portfolio," EIC’s Federica Zanca said at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit “Absolutely not enough funding is going there."
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Clinical trials are crucial to getting medical products in the market.
According to the EMA’s Peter Arlett, Europe's clinical trials have flatlined while the US and China continue to grow.
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An important message from the OECD's Francesca Colombo: the mental health of youth was in decline before Covid-19.
"That’s what we see from data," she says at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
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With the rise of new medical tools, we need to make sure professionals don't lose skills, the EIC’s Federica Zanca argues at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
For example, it's important they can do a surgery even if the robot doesn't function.
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If you're an innovator, "you're not going to go to Europe, if Europe is coming with the most burdensome, unpredictable and time-consuming [regulatory] rules," MedTech CEO Oliver Bisazza told us at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
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"It's a fundamental mistake" to wrap health into the European Competitiveness Fund, Belgian health chief Frank Vandenbroucke said at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
"The objective of money you set aside for competitiveness is fundamentally different from ... public health."
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🗣️ A well-trained and sustainable healthcare workforce is the backbone of health security
⚕️ Our President Dr Ole Johan Bakke emphasised that a resilient health workforce is key to preparing for future crises at the #PoliticoHealthcare Summit
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Users have not been "invited around the [AI] table," Fulvia Raffaelli from the European Commission's health department, told us at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
They must be included "so we are driven by their needs and not by the ideas we have or their needs."
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"Stockpiling [medicines] on a national basis, if not well coordinated, has a vicious, perverse effect," Belgian health chief Frank Vandenbroucke said at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
"The stockpiles of the rich are the shortages of the poor."
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"Drug security is key to overall security," Belgian Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke told us at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
"I'm worried that the awareness is lacking on that."
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Annnnnd, we're off!
It’s Day 2 of our #POLITICOHealthCare summit in Brussels.
For this morning’s agenda, we dive into AI’s potential to accelerate health innovation, the EU’s plans to turn science into real-world cures, and more!
Watch live here 👇
At our #POLITICOHealthCare summit today, EU policymakers and industry leaders debated how Europe’s health sector can compete globally — and handle future crises.
Here's reporter Claudia Chiappa's key takeaways 👇
⏰ We'll be back at 9 a.m. for Day 2. Watch online: politico.eu/healthcare-s...
At the end of Day 1 of our #POLITICOHealthCare summit, editor Helen Collis lays out the key themes that emerged from today's panels and interviews 👇
⏰ We'll be back at 9 a.m. tomorrow for the second and final day. Register now to watch live online: www.politico.eu/healthcare-s...
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The European Medicines Agency is working with the US Food and Drug Administration on "joint AI principles," the regulator’s chief Emer Cooke said at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit.
The guidance will be published "very, very shortly," she added.
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The EU is ready to help develop a Marburg vaccine as soon as it gets the green light from the government of outbreak-stricken Ethiopia, the bloc's Crisis Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social said at our #POLITICOHealthCare summit today.
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