The State of the Union address delivered by the President of the European Commission on Wednesday 16 September devoted a large part of her speech to health policies. On this occasion, Ursula von der Leyen announced her intention to create a European Agency for Advanced Biomedical Research and Development, modelled on the American BARDA.
In addition to this proposal, Ms von der Leyen reaffirmed her intention to strengthen the role and powers of the European Medicines Agency and the...