Belgium: Healthcare

Every year, Belgium’s federal ministers publish their policy notes for discussion in Parliament. They give a high-level snapshot of what each minister plans to focus on in the coming year.

The BCA has designated five priority sectors for 2026 — agri-food, digitalization and telecommunications, healthcare, basic services (including regulated professions...

With formal adoption by both the Council of the EU and the EU Parliament expected by summer 2026, stakeholders should start looking into implementation preparations...

The European Commission has authorised a new food health claim recognising the digestive health benefits of green kiwifruit. The claim—"Consumption of green kiwifruit contributes...

In this sixth alert in our weekly series on the EU Pharma Package, we focus on the proposals of the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of the EU for another topic with a highly debated scope and with diverging interpretations across EU Member States: the "Bolar" exemption.

On 22 July 2025, the European Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1466 ("Regulation"), updating the EU pharmacovigilance (or "PV") rules by way of amendments...

The European Commission has opened the floor for a discussion on whether the EU medical devices legislation is effective, efficient, relevant, coherent and valuable.

A novel form of 'named patient use' mechanism is meant to address special pharma needs and drug shortages

MedTech Europe is championing a greener future, following the recent industry push for greener and digitalised medical devices and in vitro diagnostics that featured prominently...