26/01/2026
Let’s take bold steps to modernize healthcare: driving innovation, improving access, and boosting Europe’s competitiveness for the benefit of every patient. 💡🌍
Baltics at a glance: priority actions from the European Semester Recommendations
✅ Estonia: Secure sustainable funding for both healthcare and long-term care, so that services remain accessible and affordable for all, even as costs rise.
✅ Latvia: Strengthen the health system by expanding the range of services covered, increasing both staff and funding, and reducing the financial burden on patients - so more people can get the care they need.
✅ Lithuania: Make healthcare more resilient by improving access to primary and preventive care, and by ensuring there are enough health professionals to meet patient needs.
The recent Health at a Glance 2025 report highlights that, to stay competitive, Europe must prevent non-communicable diseases, accelerate digital transformation, reinforce primary care, and ensure affordable access to innovation. When we reward value, speed up access, and scale digital health, patients benefit - and Europe’s global competitiveness grows.
Novartis calls for policies that put patients first by rewarding health innovation, setting ambitious investment targets, and reforming pricing to accelerate access. These steps not only deliver breakthrough therapies faster, but also drive economic growth and strengthen society’s resilience.
2026 is the time to act.
Together with partners in the Baltics, we can build healthcare systems that deliver innovation, equity, and sustainability for all.
