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 […]

31 May 2013 CPME issued together with the World Medical Association a Press Release on the outcome of the vote on Clinical trials in the European Parliament’s Public health Committee (ENVI) The Press Release is accessible here

On 11 March 2013, Europolitics (n. 4603) reported on the publication of the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) study ‘The Unpaid Health Bill – How Coal Power Plants Make us Sick’ , mentioning CPME’s activities on environmental health issues. To view the Europolitics article, please visit here.

The newspaper Europolitics published on 20 December 2012 an article on “Clinical trials: Doctors voice concerns” The article is accessible here

Please find below the link to the press release on the “The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIPAHA) and CPME: a robust partnership contributing to a brighter future”. EIPAHA. 6th November 2012    

Please find below the link to the report on the “CPME Survey on Health Inequalities – Summary of responses from the National Medical Associations (NMAs)”