Hungary will aim for EU level agreements on countering cardiovascular disease and organ donation as well as progressing new pharmaceutical legislation, according to the programme setting out priorities for its presidency of the EU Council. The document published this week in advance of Hungary’s six-month stint at the helm of the Council – it replaces Belgium on 1 July – also cited rare diseases, links between mental health and various emergencies and cooperation on affordability of medicines as areas of focus. On medicine affordability, Hungary aims to settle negotiations on some of the more …