Break the Bubble welcomes COCIR’s Secretary General, Annabel Seebhom. Together with our Senior Counsel Hans Martens she outlines COCIR’s vision for the future of heatlh policy in the EU as well as the contribution of its highly innovative members to the improvement and modernization of European health systems. With almost all the pieces of this new European mandate now in place, here is a vision for European Health policy, for patients and for the industry. This is Break the Bubble.

This episode features a great conversation between our Senior Counsel Hans Martens and Anca Toma, Executive Director of the European Patients' Forum. With the uncertainty surrounding a seemingly fragmented health policy portfolio, Hans and Anca look at EPF’s vision for the years to come in the EU, at what the European Health Data Space will change for European patients, and, among other things, how we can ensure that health inequalities don’t become entrenched. This is Break the Bubble.

How can the EU keep the pace of rapid technological change and evolving healthcare challenges? In this episode of The Break the Bubble podcast, we are joined by Pernille Weiss, former Danish Member of the European Parliament and rapporteur for the EU pharmaceutical legislation directive. Together with our Senior Counsel, Hans Martens, she explores the journey of the General Pharmaceutical Legislation and its future implications. What does it mean to work on such a watershed file? As the new mandate of the European Parliament begins, what is in store for health policy? Is the EU equipped to secure innovation, boost investment in R&D, and be a strong independent player?

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In an era marked by higher risk of pandemics, natural disasters, and geopolitical tensions, the resilience of health systems becomes ever more crucial. In the latest episode of The Break the Bubble podcast our Senior Counsel, Hans Martens, sits down with Jonathan Cylus, head of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies’ London Hub to discuss the main findings of Strengthening Health Systems: A Practical Handbook for Resilience Testing. Among AMR, climate change, and financial crises, which is the most likely threat in the short to medium term? How can we ensure that both health systems and populations remain resilient? Does the private sector play a role? This is Break the Bubble!

In today’s episode, our Senior Counsel, Hans Martens, sits down with former Director General of DG Sante, Anne Bucher, to set the scene for a watershed year not just for health policy in Europe and around the world. With elections filling up the 2024 calendar, what changes can we expect in the EU? And what does this mean for health policy?

In this episode, we explore the concepts of Strategic and Health sovereignty with our Senior Council Hans Martens looking at what they could mean for life science companies operating in Europe. With European elections coming up in 2024 and a continuously evolving international scenario, how can you approach and integrate these concepts into your strategies? Hosted by Gianluca Peinetti, Associate Director at Evoke Incisive Health.

The first episode of Break the Bubble features dives into the measures needed to prevent and address Plasma Derived Medicinal Products (PDMPs) shortages. This episode features the Global Head of Regulatory Policy at the Plasma and Proteins Therapeutics Association, Dominika Misztela who, together with Eduardo Pisani, looks at why PDMPs are essential and unique and how ongoing EU policy and legislative debates can work towards fit-for-purpose solutions.

Break the Bubble is an Evoke Incisive Health podcast.