- Which priorities for a European policy on multimorbidity?
- On the 27th of October, EFA EU Policy and Membership Officer Jelena Malinina attended the conference on multimorbidity organised by the European Commission (EC). The conference highlighted the curre ...
- The World Allergy Organisation Guidelines for the assessment and management of anaphylaxis
- In October, The World Allergy Organisation (WAO) published Guidelines for the assessment and management of anaphylaxis providing a unique global perspective on this increasingly common, potentially li ...
- Scoping study on communication to address and prevent chronic diseases: Final Report
- The Directorate General for Health and Food Safety of the European Commission released the Final Report on the scoping study on communication in preventing and addressing chronic diseases. The study ...
- Public consultation on the access to health services in the European union
- The European Commission and the Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health (EXPH) have launched a public consultation on the preliminary opinion on the “Access to health services in the Eur ...
- Health and Environmental Alliance Annual General Assembly
- On the 28th and 29th of October, Senior EU Policy Advisor Roberta Savli and Treasurer of the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) participated in their Annual General Assembly in Brussels. The two-d ...
- Towards a Tobacco Free Europe
- On the 19th-21st of October, EFA representative at the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP) Roberta Savli participated in their network meeting and capacity building workshop. To ...
- Food and allergens: Our contribution to Expo Milan
- Since May, Expo Milano (the Universal Exhibition celebrated in Milan, Italy), has hosted the ideas of more than 140 participating countries on one topic: how to guarantee healthy, safe and sufficient ...
- Sharing best practice in patient education materials
- Following its launch meeting in May 2015, EFA Patient Education Working Group held a teleconference on the 9th of September to discuss the group’s priorities for 2015 and 2016. All the participants ...
- EFA gathering of asthma and allergy experts
- On the 15th of September, EFA Members travelled to Brussels to participate in a face-to-face meeting of the EFA Asthma and Allergy Working Group. The meeting took place just before the EARIP event org ...
- Who is responsible for dirty air?
- In September, the German car manufacturer Volkswagen was forced by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to recall almost 500,000 vehicles, after discovering that the company was using in-car i ...
- EMA updates on the publication of clinical data and risk minimisation measures
- On return from the summer break we participated in the European Medicines Agency (EMA) joint meeting between Patients and Consumers (PCWP) and Healthcare Professional Organisations (HCPWP). At the m ...
- 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 ...
- Upcoming health opportunities under Horizon 2020
- In mid September the EFA Projects team attended a European Commission event aimed at organisations involved and interested in the Horizon 2020 research programme. The event focused on partnership ...
- 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 ...