Global Health

From this month, public hospitals in Germany can apply for government funding for projects to boost digital health, cybersecurity, and IT infrastructure. Under the Hospital Future Act (KHZG), which came into force in September 2020, public hospitals will receive a share of €4.3 billion for digital health innovation. The German federal government (Bundestag) will make €3 billion available to the KHZF through the liquidity reserve of the health fund with an additional €1.3 billion to be provided through co-funding by the federal states and hospital operators themselves. At least 15% of the funding requested must be used to improve IT security. Hospitals can submit their projected measures to the authorities in their members state before the end of September this year. Funding will b...

By: Hannah Balfour The European Commission approval of the long-acting injectable HIV treatment could transform the lives of people living with the disease. ViiV Healthcare has been given marketing authorisation (MA) for the first complete long-acting injectable HIV treatment in Europe. The authorisation means that, for the first time, people living with HIV in Europe have the option of a long-acting injectable treatment that removes the need to take daily oral tablets. The MA is for Vocabria (cabotegravir injection and tablets) in combination with Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson’s Rekambys (rilpivirine injection) and Edurant (rilpivirine tablets) for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults who are virologically suppressed on a stable antiretroviral re...