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Reiner Leidl
@leidl.bsky.social
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Professor em. LMU Munich, interested in health, economics, policy and management

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Reiner Leidl @leidl.bsky.social · 9d
Strategic alternatives - or at least, add-ons - to enlargement may include increased cohesion if not unity, and member-states' strategic backup, with respective effectiveness to be considered.

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Reiner Leidl @leidl.bsky.social · 14d
At a memorial symposium in Hanover, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu gave a very personal speech on public health, which extended to the EU's engagement in global issues ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

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Reiner Leidl @leidl.bsky.social · 14d
Must-read for health care regulators, by former FDA head @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social, pointing out challenges of introducing AI in health care systems -> Approval, benefit assessment and reimbursement regulation need system-specific consideration and design in order to support productivity gains!

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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · 14d
My article in the current issue of JAMA Health Forum: “How AI Will Help Solve Medicine’s Productivity Challenges.”
How AI Will Help Solve Medicine’s Productivity Challenges
This JAMA Forum discusses the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to improve productivity in medicine and explores the changes needed in regulation and reimbursement to support the effective im...
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Reiner Leidl @leidl.bsky.social · 17d
Great! A historically based view upon key, long-term determinants of societies striving for, and later losing, global leadership. Acknowledging the risks of such competition, an optimistic outlook is yet presented. Some more on non-great-power perspectives might provide useful in the future!
foreignaffairs.com Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · Oct 21
Michael Beckley argues that the era of rising powers is coming to an end, and an age of stagnation and demographic shocks is emerging in its place.
The Stagnant Order
The end of rising powers.
www.foreignaffairs.com

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Reiner Leidl @leidl.bsky.social · 18d
Another source of helpful thoughts to find the way forward in a new multipolar world, by President @alexstubb.bsky.social, guided by academic and professional experience in policy making, and by Finish self-confidence!
foreignaffairs.com Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 24d
Without significant changes, “the multilateral system as it exists will crumble,” warns President of Finland Alexander Stubb. And “the alternatives are much worse: spheres of influence, chaos, and disorder.”
The West’s Last Chance
How to build a new global order before it’s too late.
www.foreignaffairs.com

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Reiner Leidl @leidl.bsky.social · 18d
Fine first responder review, badly needed!

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ECFR @ecfr.eu · 18d
Mark Leonard, director of the ECFR, wrote an op-ed in The Economist on how the European leaders should respond to the rise of MAGA in Europe.

https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2025/12/08/its-time-europe-got-to-grips-with-the-maga-challenge-writes-mark-leonard
It’s time Europe got to grips with the MAGA challenge, writes Mark Leonard
How Donald Trump can be used as a weapon against his ideological allies on the old continent
www.economist.com

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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 20d
Very good analysis of the US Strategy by @nathalietocci.bsky.social ⬇️

foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/05/n...

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Scott Gottlieb, MD @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social · 23d
12 former commissioners of the FDA came together to write a Perspectives piece for the New England Journal of Medicine; raising our concerns about recent changes to vaccine approval policy at the FDA and its implications for patients and public health.

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Reiner Leidl @leidl.bsky.social · 23d
EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu hat auf einem Gedenksymposium in Hannover eine ergreifende Festrede zu Public Health gehalten, die von persönlichen Erfahrungen bis zum EU-Engagement bei globalen Fragen reicht. Text & Video siehe: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Festvortrag von Präsidentin von der Leyen beim Gedenksymposium für Professor Schwartz
Liebe Frau Präsidentin Hilfiker-Kleiner,\nliebe Frau Professor Walter,\nliebe Alumni,\nsehr geehrte Damen und Herren,\nFriedrich Wilhelm Schwartz war ein Visionär. Einer, der das „Noch nicht Gedachte“...
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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 24d
Without significant changes, “the multilateral system as it exists will crumble,” warns President of Finland Alexander Stubb. And “the alternatives are much worse: spheres of influence, chaos, and disorder.”
The West’s Last Chance
How to build a new global order before it’s too late.
www.foreignaffairs.com

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Reiner Leidl @leidl.bsky.social · Oct 28
A fascinating overview on the tremendous advances that AI already has achieved accross so many research topics in medicine. The talk also underlines the great potential of future progress to be enabled by AI in this field.
badw.de Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BAdW) @badw.de · Oct 28
#Video: Eric Topol: AI’s Transformation of Medicine, Life Science, and Our Healthspan (Englisch mit Untertiteln)

Wie können wir mit datengesteuerten Technologien die Lebenserwartung verlängern, die Gesundheit verbessern, und welche Chancen ergeben sich daraus für die #Medizin?

#KI #AI
Eric Topol: AI’s Transformation of Medicine, Life Science, and Our Healthspan (Englisch mit Untertiteln)
Professor Eric Topol is a world-leading cardiologist and geneticist, as well as a pioneer in the field of digital health at the Scripps Research Institute. In his keynote speech, he discusses the tran...
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Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BAdW) @badw.de · Oct 28
#Video: Eric Topol: AI’s Transformation of Medicine, Life Science, and Our Healthspan (Englisch mit Untertiteln)

Wie können wir mit datengesteuerten Technologien die Lebenserwartung verlängern, die Gesundheit verbessern, und welche Chancen ergeben sich daraus für die #Medizin?

#KI #AI
Eric Topol: AI’s Transformation of Medicine, Life Science, and Our Healthspan (Englisch mit Untertiteln)
Professor Eric Topol is a world-leading cardiologist and geneticist, as well as a pioneer in the field of digital health at the Scripps Research Institute. In his keynote speech, he discusses the tran...
badw.de

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Reiner Leidl @leidl.bsky.social · Oct 25
Fascinating guidance of placing deep brain stimulation, by the patient with severe Parkinson’s Disease playing the clarinet during surgery! What would HTA institutions such as UK's NICE @nicecomms.bsky.social, or Germany's Federal Joint Committee @g-ba.de, say about this? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sussex Parkinson's patient played clarinet during brain surgery
Denise Bacon says she is experiencing improvements in her ability to walk.
www.bbc.com

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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · Oct 21
Michael Beckley argues that the era of rising powers is coming to an end, and an age of stagnation and demographic shocks is emerging in its place.
The Stagnant Order
The end of rising powers.
www.foreignaffairs.com

Reposted by Reiner Leidl

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🌍Global News📝 @global-news-2024.bsky.social · Oct 21
Breaking: Watch: Woman with Parkinson's plays clarinet during brain surgery
Denise Bacon, 65, underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS) as Parkinson's Disease has affected her...
Via BBC News
#Parkinson #Brain #Surgery
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