What Europe Must Do to Solve the Drug Shortage (NL)

Friday, 10th of July - 14:00 - 17:00

Tim Joye

Language: Dutch, Translation to French

Europe is facing drug shortages. The Commission is looking for solutions in a polarizing narrative and ever-increasing subsidies for Big Pharma. According to them, China is the big enemy, and with Trump's attacks, they don't know what to do. This narrative hides the real opposition, between private companies and public money. The topic is current given the recently proposed Critical Medicines Act, which will come into force this summer.

Tim Joye is a general practitioner and president of Medicine for the People. He specializes in the struggle for accessible and affordable medicines and launched the idea of a European Salk Institute for public medicines in 2022.