European associations of healthcare professionals have established a Coalition for Vaccination to commit to delivering accurate information to the public, combating myths and exchanging best practices. The Coalition is based on the 2018 EU Council Recommendation on strengthened cooperation against vaccine-preventable diseases. Full press release available here.

European organisations react to a recent update in the pharmaceutical industry’s Code of Practice. A group of European organisations active in the field of transparency issued a joint statement to highlight the shortcomings in the new European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) Code of Practice. The response raises concerns about the privileges granted […]

CPME has co-signed a letter to Politico news organisation raising a concern of tobacco industry sponsoring its newsletters, particularly Politico PRO Health Care. Please find the letter here.

‘International humanitarian law, ratified by Turkey, requires health professionals to provide healthcare and assistance to all in need and in all circumstances. To criminalize these actions is appalling. We urge the Turkish authorities to recognize this fact and to immediately drop the charges and release these health professionals’. argued Prof. Dr Montgomery. Full press release […]

CPME and six other organisations have taken the decision to leave the EU Platform for Diet, Physical Activity and Health. The undersigned state that the Platform, as it is currently constructed, is not fit for its purpose to promote healthy diets and physical activity. Please find the joint statement here.

On 20 June 2019, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME consultation response on review of Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE)’ (CPME 2019/060 FINAL).

This newsletter edition opens with a spotlight on artificial intelligence with three articles presenting different perspectives. In particular, the Director General of DG CONNECT (Directorate General of Communication, Networks, Content and Technology), Mr Roberto Viola, will present the current situation of AI policy at European level. You will find updates on CPME policy developments about […]

The European public health community is greatly disappointed about the SpiritsEurope approach to label their products. The industry refrains from informing consumers at the point of sale in an easy and accessible manner. The Press Release can be accessed HERE.

On 23 May 2019, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME Response to the Public Consultation on the Evaluation of the CAP Measures Applicable to the Wine Sector’ (CPME 2019/059 FINAL).

On 23 May 2019, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ’CPME reply to Council of Europe’s Committee of Bioethics consultation on the preparation of an additional protocol to the Convention on human rights and biomedicine’ (CPME 2019/057 FINAL)