IMI launches €95 million Call for proposals with focus on Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, patient involvement The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) has launched its 5th Call for proposals under the IMI 2 programme. IMI 2 – Call 5 has a total budget of €95 million and features 6 topics. Of these, four focus...
The Luxembourg Presdiency of the Cuncil of the European Union has published its priorities for the term 1 July- 31 December 2015. Regarding Healht, the Presidency will make every effort to facilitate the creation of a strong regulatory framework providing European citizens with quick access to safe and...
Joint Action Chrodis Report “Health Promotion and Primary Prevention in 14 European countries: a comparative overview of key policies, approaches, gaps and needs” While much has been done in terms of health promotion and primary prevention of chronic diseases across Europe, there are still gaps and needs that require urgent attention. This...
OECD Health Policy Studies, 17 June, 2015 Fewer people are dying from stroke and heart attacks than before, but rising levels of obesity and diabetes, particularly among younger people, are going to push mortality rates higher, according to a new OECD report. The report says that advances in the prevention and treatment of...
A new study published in Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology journal has revealed that tests for kidney function can be equally effective at indicating a patient's risk of heart disease as blood pressure or cholesterol tests. Researchers used the albuminuria and eGFR test results from 24 previous studies of 637,315 patients...
On 9 June, the European Commission published the 2015 work plan for the 3rd Health Programme. With a budget of € 449.4 million, the 3rd EU Health Programme is the main European Commission instrument to implement the EU health strategy, The Programme is mainly implemented through the financing of...
“Improving Organ Donation throughout the European Union- ACCORD” Early June in Madrid, a conference on the ACCORD Joint Action was held to disseminate the results of the project on increasing and improving organ donation in the EU, which has been co-financed by...
