Tuesday 25 March @ 10:00 - 12:30 CET

On Tuesday, 25 March, ECR MEP Aurelijus Veryga will host the event “Innovative Medicines: Not for Small Member States?”

Many EU Member States are facing growing challenges in ensuring the accessibility, availability, and affordability of costly innovative medicines.

This discussion will bring together policy experts, EU stakeholders, healthcare professionals, and representatives from pharmaceutical companies to discuss key questions surrounding healthcare equity in Europe.

Interpretation will be available in EN; PL; IT; LT.

Agenda:

10:00 - 10:10 Welcome: Aurelijus Veryga, ECR MEP, LT

10:10- 10:30 Perspective of the Member States and European Union institutions: Voluntary cooperation of Member States in joint procurement of medicinal products

• Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare

Availability and regulation of medicines in the European Union. Can the European Union initiate joint procurement of medicines?

• Vice-Minister Daniel Naumovas, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania
• Konstanty Radziwill, former Minister of Health, Poland
• Georgios Ioannides, Cyprus Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, COREPER
• Olivier Girard, Head of Unit, Counter-Measures, European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)
• Steffen Thirstrup, Chief Medical Officer, European Medicines Agency, Questions & Answers

Difficulties and challenges due to the lack of innovative medicines?

• Professor Tomas Lapinskas, Director for Public Health, Research and Education, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics
• Professor Olivija Dobiliene, Head of Ischaemic heart disease department, Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics
• Neringa Ciakiene, Director Lithuanian Cancer Patient Coalition
• Sophie Turner, Director Empowered By Us, Rare disease advocacy

How to solve the shortage of innovative medicines?

• Adrian van den Hoven, Director General of Medicines for Europe
• Waldemar Buda, ECR, PL
• Ruggero Razza, ECR, IT
• Michalis Hadjipantela, EPP, CY

When: Tuesday, 25 March @ 10:00 -12:30

Where: European Parliament, SPINELLI 5E2