The German presidency of the Council of the EU does not intend to reach a general approach on the draft regulation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA). On the other hand, it intends to start the inter-institutional negotiations on the new European programme EU4Health "in September", said German Health Minister Jens Spahn, who presented the priorities of the German Presidency over the next 6 months to the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment and Public Health on Monday 6...