News

• Avicenna Alliance gave its contribution to the EC’s public consultation surveys on the European Health Data Space and the rare diseases and paediatric regulations

  With this consultation, the European Commission seeked to gather input in the development of the legal framework for a European Health Data Space (EHDS). The creation of the EHDS has become a priority for the Commission as the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of having timely access to health data.

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• Report launched on national strategies for Artificial Intelligence in EU

  The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) recently published a new report on “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.

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• 2021 Huiskes Medal for Biomechanics to Prof. Marco Viceconti

  The 2021 Huiskes Medal for Biomechanics was awarded to VPHi honorary member Professor Marco Viceconti from University of Bologna.

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• EC Opens First European Innovation Council Calls

  The EC opened the first EIC Accelerator calls. The funding worth over €1 billion aims to help scale up start-ups and small and medium-sized businesses that have the potential to achieve high impact.

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• Horizon Europe work programme for 2021 - 2022

  The Commission has adopted the main work programme of Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2022, which outlines the objectives and specific topic areas that will receive a total of €14.7 billion in funding.

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• In the literature: selection of June

  This month we would like to highlight two papers that are the result of a joint effort of the VPHi community with different stakeholders.

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