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Avicenna Alliance prepares for the next EU policy session
As September begins, politicians have returned to their EU posts and are preparing for what will be a busy few months for health policy. The Avicenna Alliance must also prepare to engage with policy-makers, draft amendments, and continue to advocate for policy changes that support the adoption of in-silico medicine.
Joint Research Centre of the Commission launches report on national strategies for Artificial Intelligence!
The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) recently published a new report titled “National strategies on Artificial Intelligence: A European perspective,” overarching five main policy areas: human capital, from the lab to the market, networking, regulation, and infrastructure. The report presents an updated review of national AI strategies from the EU Member States, Norway and Switzerland.
Conference of the Slovenian Council Presidency addresses digital twin technologies and digitalisation in healthcare!
On 15 and 16 July, the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised a high-level conference on implementing innovative solutions for resilient health systems. The event, which was organised in a hybrid format, included policymakers, Member States representatives, experts and other key stakeholders.
WHO issues first global report on use of AI in healthcare
Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in health innovation are rapidly increasing, reflecting the potential of these technologies to address the challenges of ageing and workforce shortages. In light of this, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued the first global report on AI in health titled “Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health”, establishing six guiding principles for its design and use.
Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU launches its six-month programme!
On 1 July, for the second time since joining the EU in 2004, Slovenia has taken over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Slovenia is part of the 10th Presidency Trio, together with Germany and Portugal. The slogan shaping the programme of Slovenia’s Presidency is "Together. Resilient. Europe."
Members of the European Parliament call EU Health Commissioner to place in silico medicine on her policy agenda from 2021 onwards!
On 22 June, a group of five Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) sent a letter to Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides to call for action on computer modelling and simulation (CM&S). The groups of MEPs representing the main political parties within the European Parliament, MEPs Sean Kelly (European People’s Party, Ireland), Frédérique Ries (Renew Europe, Belgium), Brando Benifei (Socialists & Democrats, Italy), Margrete Auken (Greens/European Free Alliance, Denmark), and Pietro Fiocchi (European Conservatives & Reformists, Italy) co-signed this letter with the aim of outlining why regulatory guidance is urgently needed to make European healthcare systems and patients fully benefit from in silico technologies. Particularly, the letter addresses how CM&S can initiate major progress in health care, such as in the fields of rare and paediatric diseases and health system sustainability. In that context, it demonstrates by means of tangible examples that the policy frameworks currently in place are not sufficient for these technologies to advance.
