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The meeting will kick off with the 2019 EU Health Award ceremony and involve participants and online viewers in an interactive roundtable on promoting healthy weight in children. Stakeholder organisations will present their Joint Statements and call for endorsement. The Commission will also present the EU Action on Cancer.

European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis will present the EU Health Award on 17 October 2019 during the annual meeting of the Health Policy Platform in Brussels.

Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis talks to us about the Third EU Health Programme, gearing up for the High Level Conference on the Programme, which takes place in Brussels on 30 September 2019.

The Commission publishes the outcome of an evaluation of the fee system of the EMA. Based on this outcome, the EC will examine the impacts of future policy options to update the legal framework on fees.