EUCOPE Blog Archive

April 27, 2022

Five Priorities for a Successful EU HTA Procedure

With the European Union’s new Regulation (EU) 2021/2282 on health technology assessment, the evaluation of certain new therapies will now be performed jointly at the European level for the first time. The aims are to speed up access to new… read more


February 26, 2021

HERA: closer coordination in the EU against COVID-19

On 27 January, the European Commission launched the consultation on the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority, HERA for short. The consultation, which main aim is to issue a legislative proposal on the new authority by the end of… read more


November 20, 2020

Is it Time for a new Health Paradigm in the EU?

Empowering EMA and ECDC, strengthening EU coordination in case of cross-border health threats EUCOPE read with great interest the European Commission’s proposals to build a European Health Union, and we agree that greater coordination across Member States is very much… read more



May 15, 2020

ECRD 2020: OMPs Development in a post-COVID-19 World

The 10th European Conference on Rare Diseases (ECRD), the largest patient-led event on rare diseases and orphan products, presented an excellent opportunity for exchange among the patient community and experts from various backgrounds.  Bringing the perspective of OMP focused small… read more