On 13 October 2014, CPME issued a Press Release on the potential shift back of medicinal products and health technologies to Directorate-General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO). The Press Release is accessible here.

Brussels, 30 September 2014. CPME together with other medical organisations worldwide issued a press release on the pre-trial hearing against the Turkish Medical Association (TMA), that in May 2013 on the occasion of the Gezi Park recruited and organised physicians to provide urgently needed emergency medical care to demonstrators. The press release is available here.

Brussels, 7 May 2014 CPME together with the World Medical Association (WMA) and the Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) issued a press release on the current judicial proceedings against two doctors, for the medical attention they provided to injured parties in the context of the Gezi park protests. The press release is available here.

Brussels, 3 April 2014 CPME together with the World Medical Association (WMA) issued a press release on the clinical trials regulation. The press release is available here.

On 26 February 2014, CPME issued a Press Release on the Tobacco Products Directive. Presse release available here.

Brussels, 19 December 2013. CPME issued together with the World Medical Association a Press Release on Clinical Trials. The Press Release is accessible here.

On 19 October 2013, the 64th General Assembly of the World Medical Association (WMA), gathered in Fortaleza –Brazil, adopted at a vast majority a revised version of the Declaration of Helsinki. The Declaration of Helsinki, first adopted in 1964, sets out ethical guidelines for all medical researchers investigating on human beings. It is a reference […]

On 4 October 2013, Euractiv published the CPME opinion article about the revision of the Tobacco Products Directive (tbc). With the adoption of a new Tobacco Products Directive there is the opportunity to introduce policy changes which are achievable and which are proven to benefit the protection of health against tobacco-related harm. From the medical point […]

On 21 June 2013,  Minister Dr James Reilly and Minister Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis published a joint statement of the outgoing and incoming Presidencies of the Council of the European Union committing to “ensuring that a high level of public health protection remains central to the proposal’s aims.” Please find the joint statement here. Please find here […]

On 3 July 2013, Euractiv reported a quote of Dr Katrín Fjeldsted, President of the Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME): “Mandatory approval of the ethics committee for medical devices before the clinical investigation begins is crucial for patient safety. European doctors consider this essential to be taken on board in the Regulation and welcome the report of MEP […]