Welcome to the 25th edition of the CPME newsletter. This issue presents, among many other important topics, a feature article on the future of health in the next EU budget. CPME is following with great attention all the discussions around the so called Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), and has raised concerns that health doesn’t appear […]

Brussels, 31 January 2017 – Further to a public statement of the Turkish Medical Association (TMA) stressing that war is a public health problem and calling for peace last week, its leaders have been confronted to a campaign of intimidation and threats. On Monday 29th of January, the Turkish Min. of Int. Affairs filed a […]

The President of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME), Dr Jacques de Haller, condemns the arrests and the threats of physical violence and the criminal complaint that has been made against the Turkish Medical Association (TMA), its officers and staff.   Full press release available here.

On 25 January 2018, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ‘CPME response to the Stakeholders consultation on strengthened cooperation against vaccine preventable diseases.” (CPME 2018/004 FINAL)

On 14 December 2017, the CPME Executive Committee adopted the ‘CPME response to the public consultation on the initiative to limit industrial trans fats intakes in the EU’. (CPME 2017/105)

On 25 November 2017, the CPME Board adopted the ’CPME Statement for EU-OSHA Healthy Workplaces Campaign ”Healthy Workplaces for All Ages 2016-17”’ (CPME 2017/072 FINAL).

On the basis of the published literature in the last 15 years from all over the world, the GENCAD project assembled the existing knowledge on gender differences in coronary artery disease (CAD). It covers the areas of prevention and health promotion, epidemiology, disease mechanisms, clinical symptoms and diagnosis, management, as well as outcomes of CAD. […]

On 4 December 2017 the European Parliament’s IMCO committee took the vote on its position on the Proportionality Directive. On the crucial issue of the exemption of health professions from the Directive, the proposal was defeated by 20 votes to 15. The European Parliament will therefore now go into negotiations with the Council without a […]

“EPF, CPME EuropaBio, EFPIA and Medicines for Europe congratulate the European Commission with the development of this document, delivering clear, scientific and impartial information on biological (including biosimilar) medicines to EU patients” Please, click here to access the full press release.      

On 25 November 2017, the CPME Board endorsed the WMA Declaration of Geneva (CPME 2017/093 FINAL).   Adopted by the 2nd General Assembly of the World Medical Association, Geneva, Switzerland, September 1948 and amended by the 22nd World Medical Assembly, Sydney, Australia, August 1968 and the 35th World Medical Assembly, Venice, Italy, October 1983 and the 46th WMA General […]