Patients, practitioners and policy makers agreed that although an important step, the current EU regulation is not enough to guarantee food safety for people with food allergies. EFA and EAACI event at the European Parliament served to discuss the new rules and the best practices of food labelling. Read More...

The ERS Congress gathered lung scientists and patients from all over Europe and served as the perfect occasion to present key EFA initiatives, meet patients groups and promote the patient perspective on respiratory diseases among scientists and practitioners. Read More...

The new European Commission portfolio structure brings fundamental changes to health, food safety and consumer policy. Some of the novelties proposed by Jean-Claude Juncker have encountered high contestation among the European public health community. Read More...

It was a pleasure to meet in Munich with partners and experts with whom we work together in EARIP, AirPROM and U-BIOPRED, to include the patient perspective in research. Interested about the novelties presented during Congress?  Read More...

Apart from the ERS Congress, we took part in EMA meetings, participated in the EPF Board meeting, attended an EUPATI round table on patient involvement in ethical committees among others. Read More...

In September, asthma, allergy and COPD patients reached out to wider audiences with a lung diseases awareness campaign in Ireland and a meeting with the German Allergy and Asthma Association. In October, do not miss the upcoming scent sensitivity campaign in Finland. Read More...