UK Roadmap to Phase Out Animal Testing Accelerates
The UK government has launched a comprehensive roadmap to accelerate the replacement of animal testing with alternative methods, backed by £75 million in funding.
The UK government has launched a comprehensive roadmap to accelerate the replacement of animal testing with alternative methods, backed by £75 million in funding.
The 9th wave of calls for proposals under the Digital Europe Programme (Work Programme 2025-2027) was published in October and will be open for submission from 4 November 2025 until 3 March 2026 at 17:00 CET.
We are thrilled to announce that the VPH has been selected as the official Thematic Network for the EU Health Policy Platform under the Virtual Human Twins topic.
The VPH is entering a new chapter as the global scientific society for in silico medicine. Building on a decade of community, scientific, and policy leadership, the newly rebranded VPH is expanding its vision to better support a growing and diverse ecosystem, aiming to accelerate a fair and impactful digital transformation of health and care.
AI is transforming healthcare but, beyond the hype, real progress lies in collaboration, not competition.
On 24 September 2025 Professor Liesbet Geris, representing VPH and the in silico medicine community, had the honour of presenting in the SANT Committee of the European Parliament the transformative role of AI and digital technologies in healthcare.
Are you a PhD graduate passionate about in silico medicine? Have you made groundbreaking contributions to the field during your PhD? Here's your chance to shine!
The promise of artificial intelligence in global health is grand — but will it deliver for the many, or just the privileged few?
Today October 21st, the VPH had the pleasure to attend the European Virtual Human Twins Initiative event in Brussels at the European Commission.
Turning models into action: to face future crises, in silico tools must be timely, transparent, and trusted.
Despite progress, breast cancer remains deadly worldwide. AI now offers new tools for earlier detection and improved survival.
How models allowed to speed up COVID-19 research—optimising vaccines, testing therapies, and simulating immune responses.