10 June 2026 - The Netherlands takes much longer than other countries to give patients access to new medicines and treatments. The Netherlands currently has 51 treatments and medicines awaiting approval. 48 of these are already available in neighboring Germany, including two developed in cooperation with Dutch hospitals, AD reported.

The vast majority of these are cancer treatments. They have already been approved by the EMA, but the Netherlands has placed them in the “pipeline” for approval due to how expensive they are.

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