- IMI GetReal COPD case study
- On the 9th of September, the Chair of the EFA COPD Working Group, Michael Wilken, represented COPD patients’ views on the IMI GetReal COPD case study workshop held in Frankfurt, Germany. Launched in ...
- MyAirCoach brochure launch at ERS
- Self-management of respiratory diseases through the use of mobile technologies is one of the topics of the moment. Therefore the ERS 2015 Congress in Asmterdam represented a perfect opportunity ...
- Social determinants at the root of health inequalities in Europe
- Every three years the World Health Organisation (WHO) publishes a snapshot of the health situation in the European Region. The document gives recommendations on how to progress towards health an ...
- Patients - Industry Dialogue
- On the 22nd of September, the 10th Patients-MedTech Dialogue was held in Brussels. The event was jointly organised by the European Patients' Forum (EPF) and MedTech Europe. Patients and ind ...
- From the EFA Board
- Our newly elected Board had an important meeting in Brussels at the start of September. New treasurer Sharon Cosgrove has initiated a review of financial surveillance and forecasting and new reports ...
- EU pharmaceutical regulation celebrates 50 years
- 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the first law on the authorisation of pharmaceuticals at EU level. This law set the basis for some of the key principles that are still valid t ...
- EU pharmacovigilance is still too complex
- The new pharmacovigilance legislation, which came into effect in July 2012, was the biggest change to the regulation of human medicines in the European Union since 1995. On the 15th Septembe ...
- Registration open: Precision medicine in allergy symposium at Parliament
- On the 14th of October EFA President Christine Rolland will speak at the “European need for precision medicine in allergy and airways diseases” symposium. The event is jointly organised by the Europea ...
- Making the case of COPD patients needs at ERS
- Are you attending the European Respiratory Society Congress 2015? Let’s meet up! This year we will be presenting our latest research on COPD care in Europe, that shows we are far from having harmonise ...
- We can curve down asthma – join us!
- We invite you to the EARIP Stakeholder Workshop that we will be holding in Brussels next Tuesday the 15th of September from 15,00 to 17,00. The event will be built on the European Asthma Research and ...
- Innovation, air quality and food labelling, the priorities to follow after the summer
- It is been one year the Comission and Parliament started their mandates and until the end of 2015 this time will be translated into new policy developments important for patients. We will follow close ...
- EMA recommends more education materials on the use of adrenaline auto-injectors
- The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended several measures to ensure that patients and carers use adrenaline auto-injectors successfully. Among the measures, EMA suggests introducting more e ...
- Information on herbal medicines will now be accessible to patients
- From now on the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will systematically publish summaries of the recommendations of its Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) on the medicinal uses of a herbal ...
- EFA brings the patients' perspective to the WHO Global Alliance Against Respiratory Diseases
- Did you know that some time back the World Health Organisation decided to put spotlight on respiratory diseases, including asthma and COPD and established GARD - the Global Alliance against chronic Re ...
- Patients issue recommendations to improve EU cross-border healthcare
- On the 2nd of July, EFA contributed to the European Patient Forum (EPF) conference on Cross-Border Healthcare an event that followed the discussions on the implementation of the “directive on the appl ...
- European Union launches new logo for selling medicines online
- As from 1 July 2015, all online pharmacies or online shop selling medicines in the EU must display a new logo to show they are operating legally. The was introduced through the Falsified Medicines Dir ...
- Eurostat: Europe’s investement on disease prevention remains scarce
- According to the latest Eurostat report on European governments’ investemnt on health, social protection is the area where countries expend the most in all EU Member States. Although its importance va ...
- WHO: The tobacco epidemic should be fought back with higher taxes
- Tobacco-related illness is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced. Approximately 1 person dies from a tobacco-related disease every 6 seconds, equivalent to around 6 million ...
- First-ever ministerial meeting on plain tobacco packaging
- On the 20th July, the Ministers and representatives of Ministries of Australia, France, Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the Head of ...
- The Riga Roadmap: a path to invest in health and wellbeing in Europe
- On the 29-30th of June, EU Policy and Membership Officer Jelena Malinina attended the Universal Health Conference in Riga, Latvia, which was held to conclude the Latvian Presidency of the European Uni ...