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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11595

16 July 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 23
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) healthcare
New European Parliament report on access to medicines

Bratislava, 15/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament and Council are still active in tackling the exorbitant price of some new medicines. The most recent example is a workshop held at the European Parliament on Thursday 14 July to help in the drafting of an own initiative report by Soledad Cabezon Ruiz (S&D, Spain).

There were demonstrations in Spain in 2015 against the high price of Sovaldi (sofosbuvir molecule), a medicine for hepatitis C, which cost back then more than...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Unanimous condemnation after latest terrorist attack in France
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Talk of €500 million package to address crisis
(AE) CLIMATE: NGOs fear that least deserving states will receive effort sharing “reward”
(AE) ENERGY: Nine key infrastructure projects share €263 million
(AE) HEALTHCARE: New European Parliament report on access to medicines
(AE) REGIONS: European Parliament disquiet at possible use of macro-conditionality in Spain and Portugal sanctions
(AE) COHESION: Slovak Presidency not keen on radical overhaul of cohesion policy
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UNITED STATES: TTIP negotiations - market access still a major obstacle
(AE) ASIA: EU reaffirms desire for peaceful resolution of territorial disputes in South China Sea
(AE) JAPAN: Donald Tusk assures no Brexit impact on free trade negotiations
(AE) ASEM: EU calls for increased interconnectivity between Asia and Europe
(AE) HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises €58.2 million for Boko Haram victims in Africa
(AE) FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Latin America, global strategy, China and United States on ministers' agenda on Monday 18 July
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Ministers focus on Brexit and posting of workers
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) AUDIT: Equivalence between American and EU rules extended until 2022
(AE) AUDITING: Inaugural meeting of CEAOB auditing committee
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) TRANSPARENCY: Ombudsman calls for publication of documents on trilogues
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) CAMBODIA:
(AE) INDUSTRY:
CORRIGENDUM
(AE) ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE:
CALENDAR
: (AE) Main activities of the European institutions from 18/07 to 24/07
: (AE) Other events in week from 18/07 to 24/07
SUPPLEMENT
“EUROPE/Documents” No. 1596: Slovak Presidency of the Council to work for positive results to restore the citizens' confidence in the European project (Dossier by Camille-Cerise Gessant)