A curated selection of EPHA’s mentions in worldwide media outlets.
2018
Stakeholders call for more transparent meetings between pharma and EMA
EURACTIV
12 January 2018
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) together with a number of actors across Europe such as the Belgian HTA agency (KCE), the Austrian (LBI-HTA) and the Belgian health insurance bodies (RIZIV-INAMI), have set several recommendations on how to make the provision of scientific advice more transparent.
European HTA is On Its Way—At Last
PHARMEXEC.com
29 January 2018
Civil society reactions are neatly encapsulated in a new monograph from the European Public Health Alliance, which sees the outline proposal as “defiant, ambitious and optimistic,” and capable of promoting the sustainability of health systems and the benefit of patients
Lifestyle Award goes to Lower Austria
TURISMUSPRESSE
29 January 2018
Original Title: Lebensweise-Preis geht nach Niederösterreich
Andriukaitis: Big data has ‘enormous’ potential to optimise healthcare
EURACTIV
29 January 2018
“That Big Data can be acquired from various sources that go beyond the healthcare domain is a big concern,” the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) said in April.
EU unveils health technology bill
EURACTIV
01 February 2018
“The EPHA favours European collaboration in Health Technology Assessment. However, we – together with the Member States – will be watching out for any push to converge towards a lowest common denominator HTA and any compromise in the integrity of HTA bodies,” Yannis Natsis, Policy Manager for the European Public Health Association told EURACTIV.com.
EU southern alliance on drug pricing expands
EURACTIV
01 February 2018
Yannis Natsis, Policy Manager at the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), hailed the adhesion of Slovenia and Croatia in the group as a promising development.
The EU southern alliance on medicines expands
MARKETS FINANCE
01 February 2018
“With Beneluxa, the Valletta Declaration Group etc governments are simply getting organized. It is their response to the ‘divide and rule’ strategy pharmaceutical companies have been pursuing for years and a direct result of the unreasonably high prices drug manufacturers are charging”, said Yannis Natsis, who is Policy Manager at the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA).
Medicines: Europeans organize against “unreasonable” prices
LA TRIBUNE
02 February 2018
Original Title: Médicaments : les Européens s’organisent contre des prix “déraisonnables”
European countries stand together on drug prices
OUEST FRANCE
02 February 2018
Original Title: Médicaments : Les pays européens se serrent les coudes sur les prix des médicaments
Ireland Seeks to Join European Drug Price Negotiation Bloc
THE CENTER FOR BIOSIMILARS
15 February 2018
According to a discussion paper published the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) in 2017, health ministers from the Netherlands and Belgium first saw the need for such a negotiating bloc after drug maker Gilead introduced the high-cost sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) in the European marketplace.
Showdown Approaching on European Research Incentives
PHARMEXEC.com
20 February 2018
Organizations such as EPHA, with a tradition of scepticism about drug industry behaviour, have lined up with those governments keen to rein in any “inappropriate market behaviour” by drug firms—such as The Netherlands, which was one of the principal influences on those 2016 conclusions.
“Carcinogenic substances in our carpets “
VTM News
05 March 2018
Original Title: “Kankerverwekkende stoffen in onze tapijten”
AGENDA DIGITALE
05 March 2018
Original title: Depressione, le soluzioni digitali usate dai medici
More than 59 toxic substances in carpets
Santé Magazine
06 March 2018
Original Title: “Plus de 59 substances toxiques dans les moquettes”
59 Toxic substances found in carpets
PARENTS.fr
07 March 2018
Original Title: 59 substances toxiques retrouvées dans les moquettes
Attention to toxic substances in carpets
MAGIC MAMAN
08 March 2018
Original Title: Attention aux substances toxiques dans les moquettes
Health: Carpets contain more than 59 toxic substances
Reponse CONSO
08 March 2018
Original title: Santé : les moquettes renferment plus de 59 substances toxiques
Work-life balance as a game changer for gender equality and mental health
OPEN ACCESS GOVERNMENT
08 March 2018
On International Women’s Day 2018, Mental Health Europe, EuroHealthNet and the European Public Health Alliance call for the recognition of the important role work-life balance can play on positive mental health and achieving gender quality, and for the European Commission to turn the proposed directive on work-life balance for parents and carers into law as soon as possible.l
Carpet, a concentrate of toxic products
BIO A LA UNE
08 March 2018
Original title: La moquette, un concentré de produits toxiques
Many toxic substances found in carpets
24MATINS.fr
09 March 2018
Original title: De nombreuses substances toxiques retrouvées dans les moquettes
Key questions Article 50 negotiations must answer for patients and public health
ThePharmaLetter
09 March 2018
NGOs call for EU carpet product Directive
ChemicalWatch
09 March 2018
A recent report – Detoxing carpets: Pathways towards safe and recyclable carpets in a truly circular economy – by the European Public Health Alliance (Epha) and the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) says that carpets sold in the EU can contain over 59 hazardous substances, which impact human health and the environment at all life stages.
Are our carpets dangerous to our health?
CAPITAL.fr
12 March 2018
Original title: Nos moquettes sont-elles dangereuses pour la santé ?
Poor indoor air quality is on the carpet
Liberation
15 March 2018
Original title: La mauvaise qualité de l’air intérieur est sur le tapis
Brexit bill needs ‘do no harm’ amendment to protect public health
The Guardian
21 April 2018
Nina Renshaw Secretary general, European Public Health Alliance
How patient groups could help tackle ‘fake news’ on vaccination
EURACTIV
24 April 2018
For Nina Renshaw, Secretary General at the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), the focus should be on listening to concerns and on restoring confidence by presenting complete, unbiased, transparent information from neutral sources.
Call for Big Oil to Step Out of Bonn Climate Talks
AsiaSentine
02 May 2018
Pascoe Sabido, executive director, Corporate Europe Observatory said a letter signed by more than 100 Europe-based NGOs, including Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace, European Public Health Alliance, and European Environmental Bureau, has been handed to the EU delegation stating a demand for the climate negotiations process to be tackled.
Recon: NICE Backs Roche’s Tecentriq for Routine Use in Pre-Treated Bladder Cancer
Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society
17 May 2018
European Commission prioritizes tobacco, sacrifices global health in unhealthy trade negotiations with Latin America (European Public Health Alliance)
Novartis/Pills & tangents IN half the world, from the White House to Greece
La Voce Delle Voci
18 May 2018
Original title : NOVARTIS / PILLOLE & TANGENTI IN MEZZO MONDO, DALLA CASA BIANCA ALLA GRECIA
The EU is no progressive free trader: It’s exporting chronic diseases to Latin America
EURACTIV
24 May 2018
If the EU truly wants to be the global progressive trading power, it needs to make sure its trade policy does not promote ill-health, and instead makes a real contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals, writes George Thurley who is a Policy Officer on Healthy Trade at European Public Health Alliance
POLITICO Brussels Influence, presented by The GSMA: Facebook hearing mess — EU election countdown — In-house agencies
POLITICO.EU
25 May 2018
Nina Renshaw, EPHA secretary-general, said: “By pushing tobacco interests in negotiations with Mercosur, the European Commission is betraying its own commitments and those of EU governments to the UN Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.”
Antibiotic apocalypse: EU scraps plans to tackle drug pollution, despite fears of rising resistance
The Guardian
01 June 2018
A replacement passage in the new draft suggesting “the possibility of using procurement policy to encourage greener pharmaceutical design” was described as “completely lame” and “entirely toothless” by Nina Renshaw, secretary general of the European Public Health Alliance.
‘ Unhealthy ‘ trade: nine critical areas for the health of the ‘ TTIP ‘ with Latin America
El Global
06 July 2018
Original title: Comercio ‘poco saludable’: nueve áreas críticas para la Salud de los ‘TTIP’ con Latinoamérica
Research: Oil emissions also cost human lives
Patris.gr
02 August 2018
Original title: ΕΡΕΥΝA: Οι εκπομπές πετρελαίου κοστίζουν και σε ανθρώπινες ζωές .
Deaths, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases caused by the exhaust fumes
Neakriti.gr
04 August 2018
Original title: Θανάτους, καρδιαγγειακά και παθήσεις του αναπνευστικού προκαλούν τα καυσαέρια
What you need to know:14 articles from 8 sources
EU INSIDER
10 September 2018
Children are our future: NCD prevention must begin at an early age, Why Europe urgently needs to buy into the alcohol ‘best buys’,Putting an end to the chronic disease epidemic in Europe and beyond – what are we waiting for?
Air pollution affects children in particular
Metro
02 October 2018
Original title : Luchtvervuiling treft in het bijzonder kinderen
“Children are up to 37 percent more exposed to air pollution than adults”
HLN
02 October 2018
Original title: “Kinderen tot 37 procent meer blootgesteld aan luchtvervuiling dan volwassenen”
Air Pollution: Children are more exposed than adults, according to a study by the EPHA
Franceinfo
02 October 2018
Original Title: Pollution de l’air : les enfants sont davantage exposés que les adultes, selon une étude de l’EPHA
UN commitment to tackling NCDs: ‘Landmark step’ or ‘lacking ambition’?
Food Navigator
02 October 2018
In a joint statement, the European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA) and the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) acknowledged the high-level meeting “marks a further step in global efforts” .
Exposure to automobile pollution is 37% higher in children than in adults
JM Madeira
02 October 2018
Original title: Exposição de crianças a poluição automóvel é superior em 37% à dos adultos
The PE is preparing to vote new standards on car pollution. European health NGOs have signed a “Call for fresh air”
HotNews.ro
02 October 2018
Original title: PE se pregătește să voteze noi standarde privind poluarea auto. ONG-uri europene din domeniul sănătății au semnat un “apel pentru aer curat”
EU lawmakers want 40% cut in new car and van CO2 emissions by 2030
FleetNews
03 October 2018
Zoltán Massay-Kosubek, policy manager, at EPHA, said: “Members of the European Parliament demonstrated that health is a political choice.”
Image of the day: Madrid, Castilla y León and Navarra, the areas with the most life expectancy in Europe
idealista/news
07 October 2018
Original title: Imagen del día: Madrid, Castilla y León y Navarra, las zonas con más esperanza de vida de Europa
New drugs: how much are governments paying for innovation?
EURACTIV
10 October 2018
“It is becoming increasingly clear that governments in Europe and across the globe are paying too much money for little innovation,” stressed Yannis Natsis, policy manager at European Public Health Alliance (EPHA).
The health innovation system is ‘broken’ and failing patients, warns UCL report
EurekAlert
14 October 2018
The report was produced with further support from King’s College London, Drugs for Neglected Diseases, Knowledge Ecology International, I-MAK, Medicines Law & Policy, Open Society Foundations, European Public Health Alliance, Innogen, Médecins Sans Frontières, Access Campaign and independent researcher Christine Berry.
“The People’s Prescription”: New Report Calls For Value Creation Instead Of Value Extraction In Pharmaceutical R&D
Intellectual Property Watch
15 October 2018
Contributors to the report include: John Abraham (King’s College London), Brook Baker (Northeastern University School of Law and Health GAP), Christine Berry (independent researcher), Michelle Childs (Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative), Jamie Love(Knowledge Ecology International), Rohit Malpani (I-MAK), Kaitlin Mara (Medicines Law & Policy), Azzi Momenghalibaf (Open Society Foundations), Yannis Natsis (European Public Health Alliance), Judit Rius Sanjuan, Jack Scannell (Innogen), Ellen ‘t Hoen (Medicines Law & Policy), Els Torreele (Médecins Sans Frontières, Access Campaign).
Diesel crisis deepens as western Europe sends hundreds of thousands of banned cars to Poland
INDEPENDENT
19 October 2018
At the meeting T&E, EUROCITIES and the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) are expected to discuss European solutions for the legacy of the “dieselgate” scandal.
Does fast-track drugs approval in EU run too fast?
EURACTIV
25 October 2018
Yannis Natsis, policy manager at the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), an NGO, said: “fast approvals pathways should not be the new norm for all drugs approvals”.
Life expectancy varies between regions for up to four years
Denik.cz
05 November 2018
Original title: Průměrná délka života se mezi kraji liší až o čtyři roky
Call for more diesel action as carmakers say they’re cleaner than ever
THE IRISH TIMES
06 November 2018
The summit, organised jointly by such non-governmental organisations as the European Public Health Alliance, Eurocities (a representative group, which draws on the mayoral offices of 140 of Europe’s largest cities), and lobbying group Transport & Environment (T&E) said that too little has been done to tackle the estimated 43-million diesel-engined cars on European roads.
Madrid and Barcelona demand responsibility for the ‘ dieselgate ‘ and a European anti-pollution fund
Europa press
06 November 2018
Original title: Madrid y Barcelona exigen responsabilidades por el ‘dieselgate’ y un fondo europeo de lucha contra la contaminación
The dirty diesel disgrace: tackle air pollution now
OPEN ACCESS GOVERNMENT
06 November 2018
EPHA, EUROCITIES and T&E urge the European Commission and national governments to make tackling air pollution from dirty diesel vehicles a political priority for Europe
Civil society and cities propose a series of measures to meet diesel challenge
Agence Europe
07 November 2018
Transport & Environment (T&E), Eurocities and the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) adopted a joint statement setting out several key recommendations to tackle the issue of pollution generated by diesel cars and the management of cars that do not comply with European rules, at the European Diesel Summit on Tuesday 6 November in Brussels.
Germany’s solution to Dieselgate: buy German cars
Euobserver
07 November 2018
Resch revealed the existence of the letter at a conference in Brussels about the aftermath of the Dieselgate emissions scandal, organised by the European Public Health Alliance, Eurocities, and Transport & Environment.
Environmentalists urge Brussels to step up action against the episode
SME Svet
07 November 2018
Original Title: Ekológovia vyzývajú Brusel na ráznejšie kroky proti dieselom
The carpets? “contain toxic substances “
il Giornale.it
07 November 2018
Original title: I tappeti? “Contengono sostanze tossiche”
Gas costs Europe billions of euros per year
POLITYKA
27 November 2018
Original title: Spaliny kosztują Europę miliardy euro rocznie
Health and car pollution: an annual cost of EUR 60 billion for the EU
Journal de l’environnement
27 November 2018
Original title: Santé et pollution automobile: un coût annuel de 60 milliards d’euros pour l’UE
Health: The cost of car pollution estimated at EUR 67 billion in Europe
LesEchos.fr
27 November 2018
Original title: Santé : le coût de la pollution automobile estimé à 67 milliards d’euros en Europe
Health effects of diesel ‘cost European taxpayers billions’
The Guardian
27 November 2018
Some of the very latest diesel models do comply with official limits in real-world driving, but Zoltán Massay-Kosubek, policy manager at the EPHA, said: “I would not consider diesel as part of the solution but as part of the problem. You can improve the filters but it still remains a fuel-burning technology.”
Expensive bill for diesel exhaust fumes. EPHA: Treatment of patients in Poland cost up to 4.6 billion euros in 2016
Wyborcza.pl
27 November 2018
Original title: Kosztowny rachunek za spaliny z silników Diesla. EPHA: Leczenie chorych w Polsce kosztowało w 2016 r. nawet 4,6 mld euro
Car pollution costs more than 60 billion health care costs per year in Europe
Le Monde
27 November 2018
Original Title: La pollution automobile coûte plus de 60 milliards de frais de santé par an en Europe
The costs for air pollution would fall by 50% in 2030 in Spain without the old diesel
LA VANGUARDIA
27 November 2018
Original title: Los costes por la contaminación del aire bajarían un 50% en 2030 en España sin los viejos diésel
Health, air pollution costs dearly
Rinnovabili.it
27 November 2018
Original title: Salute, l’inquinamento atmosferico costa caro
Polluted air costs EU taxpayers billion every year
DAGENS NYHETER
27 November 2018
Original title: Förorenad luft kostar EU:s skattebetalare miljarder varje år
Diesel and public health: air pollution costs European taxpayers billions
Abc nyheter
27 November 2018
Original title: Diesel og folkehelse:Luftforurensningen koster europeiske skattebetalere milliarder
Research: The cost of diesel emissions in Europe is more than EUR 55 billion per year
HELSINGIN SANOMAT
27 November 2018
Original Title: Tutkimus: Dieselpäästöistä aiheutuu Euroopassa kustannuksia yli 55 miljardia euroa vuodessa
Air pollution costs Europe 62 billion annually
DE TIJD
27 November 2018
Original title: Luchtvervuiling kost Europa jaarlijks 62 miljard
It costs Europe billions of euros of medical expenses each year due to pollution from automobile emissions
BaoTinTuc
28 November 2018
Original title: Châu Âu tốn hàng chục tỷ euro chi phí y tế mỗi năm do ô nhiễm từ khí thải ô tô
Vehicle-related pollution, research by EPHA: the cost in care amounts to 70 billion euros a year in the EU
MOTORIONLINE
29 November 2018
Original title: Inquinamento legato ai veicoli, ricerca dell’EPHA: il costo in cure ammonta nell’Ue a 70 miliardi di euro l’anno
EU talks on car CO2 curbs risk stalling
EURACTIV
29 November 2018
Research by the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) found that taxpayers foot most of the costs, through government-funded health services. But these costs could be reduced by 80% by 2030 if ambitious action were taken, the report concluded.
Last Traces of Destruction: The Right Leaders, Sea Cows and Black Truffles
Bianet
30 November 2018
Original Title: Yıkımın Son İzleri: Sağcı Liderler, Deniz İnekleri ve Siyah Trüf Mantarları
Pleased with the achievement: forced Neste’s advertising to be hacked
Autobanas.lt
30 November 2018
Original title: Džiaugiasi pasiekimu: privertė nukabinti „Neste“ reklamą
Crushing report on diesel: Creates chronic illness and premature death
Dagbladet
03 December 2018
Original title: Knusende rapport om diesel: Skaper kronisk sykdom og for tidlige dødsfall
Pollution: The ‘ new tobacco ‘ that is damaging your heart
HOLA.com
05 December 2018
Original title: La contaminación: el ‘nuevo tabaco’ que está dañando tu corazón
Diesel, Dear and silent killer: economic damage for 60 billion a year
Valori
06 December 2018
Original title: Diesel, killer caro e silenzioso: danni economici per 60 miliardi l’anno
