🚨 EXCLUSIVE: @realDonaldTrump made his sharpest critique of Europe yet to our @DashaBurns, slamming "weak" leaders of the "decaying" continent and saying he'd back candidates aligned with his vision. politico.com/news/2025/12/09…

Denmark, Norway, Sweden come to Lithuania and “proactively try to attract” the country’s health workers, Health Minister Aurimas Pečkauskas told @GPeseckyt at our #POLITICOHealthSummit. Europe needs to talk about the health workforce crisis, he said.

Today @POLITICOEurope #POLlTICOHealthCare Summit. 🇪🇺EU health policy has changed over the past five years, in which we built a strong European Health Union. Much remains to be done. Health must remain at the top of the political agenda.

“I have no personal reason to dislike him” @TomislavSokol tells @MariEccles on @OliverVarhelyi. “I was the one in the discussion where he called us idiots,” he said, referring to the off-mic incident in the European Parliament. #POLITICOHealthSummit

Happening now: #POLITICOHealthSummit politico.eu/health-care-summ…

And we're off! @EZaharievaMFA is up before MEPs this morning in her commissioner hearing. Follow all the live action with us here: politico.eu/article/european…

“Terrible choice. I’d say the worst we’ve ever had,” one public health policy expert said. pro.politico.eu/news/186033

"Today, the Emergency Committee met and advised me that in its view, the situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice"-@DrTedros #mpox x.com/WHO/status/18237728285…

Rishi Sunak's flagship anti-smoking legislation will be lost as a result of the snap election. Govt sources confirming there is no mechanism for pushing through a free vote bill in the pre-election wash-up

Pharma regulation rapporeur Tiemo Wolken quotes Politico on the floor of ENVI during the vote: "Politics, they say, is the art of the possible. And art it is, because many didn’t think it was possible for the European Parliament to reach a deal on the pharmaceutical package"

Only 3% of orphan biologics have a biosimilar in the pipeline, @IQVIA_UK’s Max Newton tells @carlomartu. “These can be products that are relatively high value,” he said. #UnlockingBiosimilars

How many biosimilars are available today? There are 20 molecules where we have a biosimilar available; and 80 biosimilars in total, @IQVIA_UK’s Max Newton tells @carlomartu #UnlockingBiosimilars

“The big challenge for biosimilars is that these are in specialty areas,” @AdrianMEDSforEU tells @carlomartu. They bring competition and increase access, he said. They have increased access by 50% #UnlockingBiosimilars

.@WHO has managed to get in touch with health professionals at the Al-Shifa hospital in #Gaza. The situation is dire and perilous. It's been 3 days without electricity, without water and with very poor internet which has severely impacted our ability to provide essential care. The constant gunfire and bombings in the area have exacerbated the already critical circumstances. Tragically, the number of patient fatalities has increased significantly. Regrettably, the hospital is not functioning as a hospital anymore. The world cannot stand silent while hospitals, which should be safe havens, are transformed into scenes of death, devastation, and despair. Ceasefire. NOW.

Yet another reason to tackle climate change: “Warming seas breads bacteria,” Aleksandra Kazmierczak of @EUEnvironment tells @ashleighfurlong. “There are increasing number of cases of this flesh eating bacteria, especially in the Baltic Sea.” #POLITICOHealthCare

⁦@ashleighfurlong⁩ kicks off our #POLITICOHealthSummit with ⁦@JeremyFarrar⁩ chief scientist at ⁦@WHO⁩

Taking moderating tips from @Belle_deJong's excellent leadership at the #WorldMentalHealthDay conference today. 👏

The next EU Health Commissioner should be of health and food, and not only health and food safety, said @CaraCostongs at #EHFG, raising concerns over rates of obesity among children and associated diseases