News - September 12, 2019
Earlier this month, the Maltese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health, Mr Chris Fearne, met with EUCOPE to discuss issues pertaining to transparency and access to medicines. This meeting took place against the background of the ongoing activities of the Valetta Declaration – which,… read more
News - August 22, 2019
EUCOPE and DIA are delighted to invite you to their 1st Joint Workshop on ATMPs, Innovative Gene and Cell Therapies in the EU, taking place in Basel, Switzerland on the 29 and 30 October. This workshop will bring developers of advanced therapies to discuss a… read more
News - August 20, 2019
EUCOPE, together with 16 associations representing patients, healthcare professionals and the pharmaceutical and devices industry have joined efforts in supporting the event “Brexit: the European Parliament’s role in prioritising patients, public health and health security across Europe”, to be held on September the 12th in… read more
News - August 14, 2019
The European Commission just published a FAQ document on the new Unique Device Identification (UDI) system, as introduced by the two new Regulations on Medical Devices (2017/745) and In Vitro Diagnostics Devices (2017/746). The document spells out the objectives of this new system, namely to… read more
News - July 16, 2019
The nominations for the EURORDIS Black Pearl Awards 2020 are now open until 13 September 2019! The Black Pearl Awards is an annual event organised by EURORDIS, the alliance of more than 800 rare disease patient organisations, to recognise the outstanding achievements and exceptional work… read more
News - July 15, 2019
The European Commission published today an update to the Q&A document on the implementation of the rules on safety features for medicinal products for human use. The new version, completed by 3 updates and one revision, is now available on EMVO’s website. More information can… read more
News - July 10, 2019
The German Cabinet of Health adopted today (10 July) the draft of a new “digital supply law” that aims to improve access to digital health care across the country. The new law will, for instance, enable doctors to prescribe health apps that allow patients to… read more
News - July 1, 2019
The European Commission is calling the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) to propose revision to current standards and new ones to be in line with the coming Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostics Regulations’ requirements. The requested… read more
News - June 19, 2019
In a public statement, the EU Health Coalition (a group of 28 stakeholders from patient groups, research organisations and the pharmaceutical industry), calls the Council to increase Horizon Europe to €120 billion, ahead of their discussions on the Multiannual Financial Framework. Echoing the proposal from… read more
News - June 12, 2019
The European Commission published on the 12 June its 5th state-of-play communication on the preparation of contingency measures for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Brexit). In its 10-page document, the Commission reiterates its recommendation for a high level of preparedness… read more
