Implementation of the EU Pharmacovigilance legislation
On February 27th, David Brennan represented EFA at the IMI Open Info Day for its 5th Call for proposals in order to learn about the revised scientific...
EFA attends EAACI workshop at the European Parliament
On the 21st of March, the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) organised a public workshop at the European Parliament on allergies...
EFA “Meet and Greet the EU Institutions” Training
On the 20th and 21st of March, EFA organised our third “Meet and Greet the EU Institutions” training for members. Thanks to this event, EFA members...
Latest EU health policy developments
March 2012 Issue
EU News: Latest EU health policy developments
The last months of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 have been particularly fruitful in...
ENSP General Assembly
The General Assembly (GA) of ENSP took place in Brussels on the 29th of February. EFA was represented by its EU Policy and Project Officer, Roberta Savli....
EU citizens' participation in the EU decision making process
The Austrian Institute for European Law and Policy, in cooperation with the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and Danube University, has been organising...
New food labelling regulation
After almost three years of negotiations, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted the final text of the new Regulation on...
Commission proposes new EU Health Programme
Last November, the European Commission published its proposal for a regulation on establishing a Health for Growth Programme, the third multi-annual programme...
Member News: Allergy UK appoints new Chief Executive
2012 will be an exciting year for EFA member Allergy UK, which is pleased to announce the election of Jim Bennett as its new Chief Executive.
Having worked...
EFA Working Groups on COPD, Allergy and Severe Asthma
Some of EFA's members participate in working groups designated to serve as forums for discussing specific disease areas. These working groups are open...
EFA visits Aalst clinical trials sites
On the 7th of February 2012, EFA EU Policy and Project Officer Roberta Savli participated in a clinical research site visit organised by the OLV Hospital...
EFA COPD project
The EFA COPD project is continuing with the aim of making an 'own initiative report' on COPD in the European Parliament a reality. A final round of...
Update on the Allergy Awareness project (February 2012)
EFA's respiratory allergy project is still underway and if you have not already done so we invite you to sign EFA's CALL TO ACTION on respiratory allergies...
EFA plans new airline oxygen harmonization project
EFA plans new airline oxygen harmonization project
All around the world, airlines have separate rules for the use of oxygen in air travel, creating inequalities...
EFA attends ELF Council meeting in Geneva
EFA President Breda Flood was welcomed as a new Council member of the European Lung Foundation (ELF) in Geneva on 2 February this month, and participated...
EFA attends MovingLife project Vision Scenario Workshop
MovingLife is a project that has been set up with the aim of accelerating the establishment, acceptance and wide use of mobile electronic health solutions,...
EFA participates in IPCRG Programme
On 17 January in London, EFA President Breda Flood participated in a meeting organised by the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) on the...
EFA holds Spanish patient association alignment meeting
On 25 January 2012, EFA hosted a meeting with eight Spanish patient associations in order to familiarise itself with the current state of play regarding...
U-BIOPRED project annual meeting held in Barcelona
On 23 and 24 of January this year, EFA attended the annual meeting of the U-BIOPRED project in Barcelona. EFA is a partner in this five-year project, which...
Oxygen Harmonisation Project (closed EFA Project)
Background
The EFA Oxygen Harmonization Project was a project officially completed in 2013 and focused on the inequalities which exist in relation to...