Tilly Metz interview: Animal Farm 2.0
A long-time advocate for animal rights, Tilly Metz is working to create a Europe that focuses on less-but-better animal farming and one that faces up to the climate crisis while factoring in sustainability. Lorna Hutchinson reports.
Tilly Metz | Photo credit: Office of Tilly Metz
26 May 2021 Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.” These are two of the principles of Animalism, as painted on the barn wall in a scene from George Orwell’s seminal 1945 novella Animal Farm. In Orwell’s classic, the animals rise up against their human master with the idea of creating an egalitarian society where animals can be happy and free.
transformative and positively impacting their families and caregivers.”
Samantha has a strong track record in patient advocacy and gene therapy development, with deep experience in the development of natural history studies, registries, novel patient centered outcomes, and early access planning as well as access to collaborative networks. She previously served as Chief Patient Access Officer at Lysogene, and prior to that, was Director of External Affairs and Rare Disease Partnerships at Orphan Europe. Samantha was a founding member of several pilot European Reference Networks - virtual networks of healthcare providers aiming to facilitate discussion on complex or rare diseases. Samantha is also active in several scientific and healthcare-related organizations including the International Rare Disease Research Consortium (IRDiRC). She earned an MBA in Life Sciences from Open University’s School of Business, an International Management Degree from ESSEC Business School, and a B
Experts discuss the role of hormones in everyday life, highlight policy measures to address challenges
Today, EU policymakers, experts, patient representatives and other stakeholders gathered online to discuss the role of hormones in our everyday life, its interlinkage with prevalent non-communicable diseases and the policy measures required to address the many challenges in this rapidly growing area of human health.
The event, organized by the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE), saw the launch of the Society s first-ever White Paper titled Hormones in European Health Policies: How endocrinologists can contribute towards a healthier Europe .
Discussions covered a wide range of topics including COVID-19 together with 4 key topics described in the White Paper: obesity, cancer, rare diseases and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs).
Stefano Musso, CEO of Primeur
Pandemic drives big data in healthcare to $70B by 2025
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According to research published in Statista in 2025 the Big Data market in the healthcare system will reach a value of $70 billion, with a growth of 568% compared to 2016, when it was worth 11.5 billion. The use of information technology is the only revitalisation lever for healthcare systems challenged by the pandemic. Appropriate IT strategy and infrastructure become critical for rapid data integration across otherwise independent and isolated national, regional, and European systems.
Never before has data been a major player in all socio-economic sectors and especially within the healthcare system as it has been over the past year. As reported by a research published in
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