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)”

Please click below to access the link to the CPME Press Release “Make the EU a Role Model for Action Against Tobacco-Related Harm”

Please see the link below for further information. This research was conducted by Ms Harshana Vigneswaran, Maastricht University as part of a Public Health Bachelor thesis program. Ms Vigneswaran was previously an intern at CPME for a period of 6 months.