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Own-initiative report First reading

Public health aspects of biotechnology and life sciences

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Tabled for plenary on 19 December 2025; awaiting the vote.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 8 May 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 2 December 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 19 December 2025
  4. 4 Plenary vote Awaiting the vote
  5. 5 Parliament’s position
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
SANT — Public Health
Rapporteur
Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN PfE
Shadow rapporteurs
Sérgio HUMBERTO PPENicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES S&DWaldemar BUDA ECROlivier CHASTEL RenewIgnazio Roberto MARINO Verts/ALEAnja HAZEKAMP The LeftChristine ANDERSON ESN

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Tabled for plenary · latest Report A10-0274/2025 19 December 2025 ✦ Parliament's resolution on public health aspects of biotechnology and life sciences sets out its position ahead of the planned EU Biotech Act and European life sciences strategy.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (SANT) 5 May 2025 ✦ A draft report by Parliament's Committee on Public Health on the public health aspects of biotechnology and life sciences. It highlights biotech therapies such as CAR-T, mRNA, CRISPR and ATMPs, and calls for the EU Biotech Act to simplify regulation while keeping high safety standards.

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 19 December 2025 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0274/2025
  3. Committee stage
  4. 2 December 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    SANT (Public Health) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  5. 17 June 2025 Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)

    Members of SANT (Public Health) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (SANT)📄 Amendments in committee (SANT)
  6. 8 May 2025 Referred to the SANT (Public Health) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  7. 5 May 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in SANT (Public Health). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (SANT)