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Health Tech Industry roundtable meeting discussed EU Digital Health Agenda
On 15 October, a high-level roundtable meeting, organised by European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel and European Commission Director-General for Communications Networks (DG CNECT), bringing together public and private representatives of the European Health Tech Industry took place in Brussels. The invitees exchanged views on the vision for the future and the digital transformation of health and care, outlined in the Commission’s strategy "Enabling the Digital Transformation of Health and Care the Digital Single Market", to which they can contribute.
EU invests €1 billion in world-class European supercomputers
The Competitiveness Council (Council of Ministers) of the European Union adopted a Regulation to establish a Joint Undertaking of European High Performance Computing (EuroHPC). To support this effort, €1 billion will be invested by the European Commission and Member States in building world-class supercomputers infrastructure by 2020. Private contributions will also add in to this public funding.
More EU Member States join the 'Genomics Declaration'
On 21 September Croatia signed to join the European declaration on genomic data sharing. The Member State follows in the footsteps of Austria and Greece, which signed the declaration quite recently. The project aims to create a comprehensive platform for cross-border genetic data sharing and could be of interest for clients working with personalised medicine and rare or genetic diseases.
'Plan S' and 'cOAlition S': joining forces to accelerate the transition to Open Access
On 4 September, Commissioner Moedas – who is in charge of Research, Science and Innovation – announced the launch of 'Plan S' and 'cOAlition S'. With this initiative, a coalition of national research funders from France, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovenia and the Netherlands, supported by the Commission, have committed to accelerating the transition to open access.
The latest in a stream of new members
Avicenna Alliance is happy to announce the newest addition to its list of members: Optimo Medical AG. The Alliance is happy to welcome this Swiss-based European company as a member and increase its presence in the biomechanical industry.
EU Commission steps up support for personalised medicine
In the past months, the EU has presented several initiatives that jointly have the potential to advance personalised medicine in Europe. Next to a proposal published in June 2018 for a reformed research programme, several initiatives have been announced that promote data sharing and the further development of High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence.
