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25/05/2013 - Tell the European Commission to recommit itself to fighting against HIV/AIDS, TB, hepatitis and other STDs
The European Commission will convene in a high-level meeting with key HIV/AIDS stakeholders May 27-28 in Brussels, Belgium for the “Right to Health, Right to Life” conference. ... -
24/05/2013 - Joint Action
2009-2013 EU Strategy for combating HIV/AIDS in the EU and neighbouring countries is coming to an end, and we need to make sure that commitments are renewed and upheld. Come and join volunteers... -
20/05/2013 - Joint Press Release
Here you can find the joint statement “Access to medicines in Europe: The EU cannot save banks while sacrificing people’s health” following the event at the European Parliament &q... -
17/05/2013 - EMA: Meeting report published: EU regulatory workshop on medication errors
The meeting report of the Medication errors workshop held at the EMA on 28 February – 1 March 2013 has now been published on the EMA website. You can download it from the link below: ... -
17/05/2013 - Citizens in poor EU states can't afford medicines, health promoters say
One of the global financial crisis' consequences has been the lack of access to treatment for millions of Europeans. According to health promoters, alternative solutions to the p... -
17/05/2013 - Joint press statement: Access to medicines in Europe: The EU cannot save banks while sacrificing people’s health
Brussels, 17 May – In a seminar hosted yesterday by the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament and the Member of the European Pa... -
15/05/2013 - Event “Can EU citizens afford their medicines? The economic crisis and access to medicines in Europe
On 16 May, EATG is taking part in the event at the European Parliament “Can EU citizens afford their medicines? The economic crisis and access to medicines in Europe" organized by the Eu... -
10/05/2013 - Call for an EU Strategy and Action Plan on HIV/AIDS after 2013
On 10 May, 199 stakeholders, including national, international NGOs, researchers, doctors, professional associations, medical society, national parliamentarians and members of the European Parliame... -
04/05/2013 - Urge your Member of EU Parliament to sign Written Declaration 0007/2013 on DR-TB
Together, let’s use this great opportunity to put TB higher on the political agenda of the EU! A Written Declaration (WD) on the threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) to the Europ... -
01/05/2013 - EU court tells EMA: don't grant access-to-documents requests, for now
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has been ordered by the General Court of the European Union (EU) not to provide documents as part of two access-to-documents requests until the Court gives a fin... -
01/05/2013 - Health NGO pushes for more transparency in clinical trials
The European Commission's proposed revision on the Clinical Trials Directive is an important step forward, but does not go far enough, says the Cochrane Collaboration, a healthca... -
19/04/2013 - Clinical trials debate shifts from research to transparency ahead of EU vote
Since the European Commission tabled its proposal to revise the Clinical Trials Directive last July, the focus in the debate has broadly shifted from supporting European research to ... -
16/04/2013 - European Parliament launches a Written Declaration on drug-resistant tuberculosis in the European region
A Written Declaration (WD) on the threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis to the European region has been launched yesterday in the European Parliament. It contains recommendations calling on the Eur... -
14/04/2013 - Europe cannot afford trade deals that favor expensive medicines
Why are our medicines so expensive? BRUSSELS - In the lead-up to an inter ministerial meeting between EU and India next week, European trade negotiators continue to pressure India and other dev... -
13/04/2013 - On the heels of Novartis victory taming evergreening of patents on medicines, European Investment Clause proposals in EU-India FTA threaten to undo all gains
The stunning reaffirmation of India's commitment to prevent evergreening of patent monopolies on medicines has been widely celebrated following the India Supreme Court's decision upholding ... -
11/04/2013 - European Commission blueprint on post-2015 development agenda calls for framework addressing sustainability, poverty
"The European Commission has unveiled a blueprint for global development aid and called on world leaders to replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with an international aid framework ... -
11/04/2013 - Doctors warn of rising xenophobia in Europe's healthcare systems
Austerity measures adopted in Europe in response to the public debt crisis have a devastating impact on healthcare services, resulting in rising xenophobia in countries like Greece a... -
10/04/2013 - EATG Position Paper on the Clinical Trials Regulation proposed by the European Commission
EATG has adopted a Position Paper on the EU Clinical Trials Regulation, which is under discussion within the Council of the EU and European Parliament following the European Commission’s prop... -
10/04/2013 - Clinical Trials Regulation: Protect public health: Choose transparency!
EATG joined 10 European and International Organisations representing researchers, doctors, scientists, patients and other civil society actors in a call for the inclusion of strong transparency pro... -
09/04/2013 - As clock ticks towards agreement, EU-India free trade deal puts millions of lives at risk
Activists from across Europe stage flashmob in front of the European Parliament calling on Europe to drop harmful provisions Brussels, 9 April, 2013 - As European Commission (EC) pre... -
06/04/2013 - US Trade Office calls for comments on Transatlantic trade deal
Another step toward launching negotiations on a European Union-United States trade agreement has been made as the Office of the US Trade Representative filed a request for comments on the deal and ... -
29/03/2013 - EU in "denial" that sick economy costs lives, health experts say
Europe's financial crisis is costing lives, with suicides and infectious diseases on the rise, yet politicians are not addressing the problem, health experts said on Wednesday. Deep budget ... -
29/03/2013 - Future treatment of gonorrhoea at risk: new ECDC report
Effective control of gonorrhoea, the second most commonly reported sexually transmitted infection in Europe, relies on successful antimicrobial treatment. As data from the ECDC report Gonococcal an... -
22/03/2013 - Full access to clinical trials is step too far, says Itre committee
MEPs have rejected a draft opinion on a proposal to increase transparency for and access to data gained from clinical trials involving humans. The European Parliament’s committee on indus... -
21/03/2013 - EU new drug approval studies "have too few patients to evaluate safety"
For medicines intended for chronic use, the number of patients studied before regulatory approval in the European Union (EU) is insufficient to properly evaluate safety and long-term efficacy, ... -
20/03/2013 - EU hesitates to follow US approach on medical devices
The European Parliament and the Commission are at odds over proposals to create a US-inspired centralised approval system for medical devices, which supporters say would improve pati... -
19/03/2013 - Nearly 50 groups demand IPRs out of EU-US FTA
Upwards of 50 civil society groups have issued a declaration asking for the exclusion of all forms of intellectual property rights from the upcoming Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement between the ... -
19/03/2013 - TB Europe Coalition: Tuberculosis: Europe’s ticking timebomb
The TB Europe Coalition calls on the European Commission to increase public health funding to fight resurgence of tuberculosis in Europe and eradicate deadly strains. Drug-resistant f... -
13/03/2013 - India under pressure from Europe to sign off on trade deal that will harm access to medicines
DNP+, MSF urge India to reject EU demands before April deadline, protest at European Commission in Delhi New Delhi, 13 March 2013 – Pressure is mounting on India to quickly sign off on a ... -
12/03/2013 - US pharma firm seeks to stop EU agency releasing drug data
The European Medicines Agency, criticised in the past for excessive secrecy, is opening its data vaults to systematic scrutiny, a move that is creating tensions with drugmakers worri...
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