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On 28 February 2020, the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), together with the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), the European Federation of Allergy & Airways Diseases Patients´ Association (EFA), the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) sent a joint letter to the members of the Environment Council of the […]

This edition opens with a spotlight on the air quality debate and the consequences of the Green Deal on health. You will read about the CPME’s policy on air quality and health stating that policymakers should make air quality a priority at all levels. Also other stakeholders, such as the European Medical Students’ Association, the […]

The Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME) is recruiting a:  EU Policy Intern (from 2 March 2020 – 31 July 2020) Your responsibilities will include: Research and analysis on a range of policy dossiers Monitoring international, EU and national policies Organising and participating in meetings and events Assisting with drafting reports, presentations and other internal […]

“We call on policymakers to include CPME in the relevant advisory bodies at EU level and national medical associations at national level” says Prof. Dr Frank Ulrich Montgomery, President of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME). “To implement AI with proven benefits for health care can only work if the doctors’ perspective is integrated […]

This special edition opens with a spotlight on the 60-year jubilee of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME). Our organisation was founded in Amsterdam on 23 October 1959 and was joined from its earliest meetings by the National Medical Associations of those countries with applications to join the European Economic Community. Today CPME represents […]

On 10 October 2019, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME consultation response on evaluation of Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) rules applicable to health and social services and the SGEI de minimis Regulation’ (CPME 2019/092 FINAL).

Today, 10 October 2019, CPME released a new short video on alcohol labelling together with the United European Gastroenterology (UEG), the European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare) and the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL). The video shows that it is time for detailed government-monitored alcohol labelling to become an EU-wide regulation. Consumers […]

The European Commission has opened a Call for expression of interest for Expert Panels on Medical Devices and in vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices. The selected experts will provide consistent scientific, technical and/or clinical advice concerning the implementation of the new Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices (MDR). Your expertise would ensure that high-risk medical devices […]

On 12 September 2019, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ‘CPME comments on ICH guideline E8 (R1) on general considerations for clinical studies – Step b’ (CPME 2019/072).