EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe, an alliance of 779 rare disease patient organisations from 69 countries, calls on the European Parliament and Member States to adopt the European Commission’s (EC) proposal, published today, for a future European cooperation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA). Only a permanent structure can guarantee long-term cooperation and organise sharing of scientific expertise […]

On 8 December 2017, the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council configuration (EPSCO) gathered and drew conclusions on the following issues: EU pharmaceutical policy Health ministers took stock of the state of pharmaceutical policy in the EU, focusing on future perspectives. The debate responded to the need to strengthen the balance in the pharmaceutical […]

The EMA Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee(PRAC) has confirmed its recommendation that modified- or prolonged-release paracetamol containing medicines (designed to release paracetamol slowly over a longer period than the usual immediate-release medicines) should be suspended from marketing. This follows a re-examination of the previous recommendation that was made in September 2017 by the Committee. The re-examination […]

15 November 2017 marks the 10th European Antibiotic Awareness Day, an EU-level initiative to raise awareness about the threat to public health of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the importance of using antibiotics prudently. Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, delivered a keynote speech at an event in Brussels organised by the European Centre for Disease […]

The last UEMO Fall General assembly successfully took place in Paris on 26-28 October. The meeting started on the 26th with speeches from key actors of the EU health ecosystem, including EC’s DG SANTE, the EMA, the OECD and WONCA. Followed presentations of organisations operating at EU level including the EPF, CPME, FEMS and UEMS. […]

At the 67th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, Member States adopted a resolution to transform the health workforce in the WHO European Region to ensure that it is sustainable and able to respond to current and future health needs. Resolution EUR/RC67/R5 aims to accelerate efforts towards achieving a sustainable health workforce, to […]

The UEMO Fall General assembly successfully took place in Paris on 26-28 October, also marking the 50 year anniversary of the organisation. The meeting started on the 26th with speeches from key actors of the EU health ecosystem, including EC’s DG SANTE, the EMA, the OECD and WONCA. Followed presentations of organisations operating at EU […]

On October 20th, the Commission services and the European M edical Agency (EMA) have launched a joint action plan to foster the development of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs), with the aim of streamlining the procedures and better addressing the specific requirements of ATMPs developers. The Commission services and EMA, in collaboration with the Member States, […]

We would like to hereby invite you to attend the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the European Union of General Practitioners (UEMO) to be held at the Novotel Vaugirard Hotel on 26 October 2017 in Paris. The event will start at 3 PM with a conference on the Role of GPs in Europe.  The following distinguished speakers will provide keynote presentations on […]