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DESCRIPTION:On 10 June 2026\, WHO/Europe will host a high-level stakeholder
  meeting of the Access to Novel Medicines Platform (NMP) at UN City in Cop
 enhagen. Bringing together policy-makers\, technical experts\, industry re
 presentatives and civil society\, the one-day meeting will focus on advanc
 ing practical solutions to improve equitable and sustainable access to nov
 el medicines across the WHO European Region. This will be the NMP&rsquo\;s
  first in-person gathering since the July 2024 consensus-building event. T
 he meeting comes at a critical moment as several policy developments from 
 both within and outside the Region are changing the access landscape. As i
 nnovation in medicines accelerates\, ensuring timely\, affordable and equi
 table access remains a shared challenge for countries. Through the NMP\, W
 HO/Europe continues to provide a neutral platform to convene stakeholders\
 , foster dialogue and co-develop actionable approaches that balance innova
 tion with health system sustainability.From dialogue to actionBuilding on 
 momentum from the 2024 consensus-building meeting\, this event will take s
 tock of progress to date and chart the way forward. Participants will revi
 ew outputs and early results from ongoing NMP projects and identify future
  priorities and resource needs .A central focus of the meeting will be the
  European Access Dialogue Platform (EADP)\, one of NMP&rsquo\;s flagship i
 nitiatives. The EADP aims to facilitate structured\, multistakeholder dial
 ogue and collective problem-solving on complex access challenges\, providi
 ng a space where different perspectives can converge to shape pragmatic an
 d scalable solutions.Objectives of the meetingThe meeting will:present an 
 overview of NMP activities\, outputs and progress across its working      
 groups and projects\; discuss and agree on the core principles\, roles and
  functioning of the EADP\;situate NMP efforts within the broader policy la
 ndscape through a keynote on      regional access policies\; share stakeho
 lder      perspectives and good practices in innovative access approaches\
 ; convene a multistakeholder panel to explore balanced solutions that supp
 ort both      innovation and financial sustainability\; and define priorit
 ies and resource needs to support the implementation of agreed      action
 s.&nbsp\;
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260611
DTSTAMP:20260611T224919Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260610
LOCATION:Denmark\,Copenhagen
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:WHO/Europe to convene partners and stakeholders on access to novel 
 medicines
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>On 10 June 2026\, WHO/Europe will host a hi
 gh-level stakeholder meeting of the Access to Novel Medicines Platform (NM
 P) at UN City in Copenhagen. </p><p>Bringing together policy-makers\, tech
 nical experts\, industry representatives and civil society\, the one-day m
 eeting will focus on advancing practical solutions to improve equitable an
 d sustainable access to novel medicines across the WHO European Region. Th
 is will be the NMP&rsquo\;s first in-person gathering since the July 2024 
 consensus-building event. </p><p>The meeting comes at a critical moment as
  several policy developments from both within and outside the Region are c
 hanging the access landscape. As innovation in medicines accelerates\, ens
 uring timely\, affordable and equitable access remains a shared challenge 
 for countries. Through the NMP\, WHO/Europe continues to provide a neutral
  platform to convene stakeholders\, foster dialogue and co-develop actiona
 ble approaches that balance innovation with health system sustainability.<
 /p><h3><strong>From dialogue to action</strong></h3><p>Building on momentu
 m from the 2024 consensus-building meeting\, this event will take stock of
  progress to date and chart the way forward. Participants will review outp
 uts and early results from ongoing NMP projects and identify future priori
 ties and resource needs .</p><p>A central focus of the meeting will be the
  European Access Dialogue Platform (EADP)\, one of NMP&rsquo\;s flagship i
 nitiatives. The EADP aims to facilitate structured\, multistakeholder dial
 ogue and collective problem-solving on complex access challenges\, providi
 ng a space where different perspectives can converge to shape pragmatic an
 d scalable solutions.</p><h3>Objectives of the meeting</h3><p>The meeting 
 will:</p><ul type="disc"><li>present an overview of NMP activities\, outpu
 ts and progress across its working      groups and projects\; </li><li>dis
 cuss and agree on the core principles\, roles and functioning of the EADP\
 ;</li><li>situate NMP efforts within the broader policy landscape through 
 a keynote on      regional access policies\; </li><li>share stakeholder   
    perspectives and good practices in innovative access approaches\; </li>
 <li>convene a multistakeholder panel to explore balanced solutions that su
 pport both      innovation and financial sustainability\; and </li><li>def
 ine priorities and resource needs to support the implementation of agreed 
      actions.&nbsp\;</li></ul>
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