by EPHA | Nov 30, 2012 | News Release
Brussels, 30 November – The 3rd Annual Growth Survey (AGS), setting out what the European Commission believes must be the EU’s priorities for the coming 12 months in terms of economic, budgetary policies and reforms to boost growth and employment, was released on... by EPHA | Nov 14, 2012 | News Release
Brussels, 14 November – Only a year after introducing a duty on foods containing more than 2.3 percent saturated fat, the Danish government has abolished the world’s first fat tax. A move that, based on an unproven impact to the competitiveness of Danish... by EPHA | Nov 5, 2012 | News Release
Following the resignation of the Health Commissioner and the designation of a new Maltese Commissioner to replace Mr Dalli, a coalition of civil society organisations wrote to European Commission President Barroso calling for (already overdue) progress to be made on... by EPHA | Oct 29, 2012 | News Release
October 2012 – EPHA has responded to the DG Research and Innovation Consultation on plans for a public-private partnership in life sciences research and innovation under Horizon 2020. The Horizon 2020 priority “health, demographic change and...
by EPHA | Oct 29, 2012 | News Release
As consumption of antimicrobials has increased, the natural processes of adaptation and mutation have resulted in new, resistant strains of common diseases. Unresponsive to traditional treatments, these pose a major threat to public health, as demonstrated by the... by EPHA | Oct 23, 2012 | News Release
The European Commission (DG Connect) organised a public consultation on a “Code for Effective Open Voluntarism: Good design principles for self- and co-regulation and other multi-stakeholder actions.” EPHA responded to the Consultation to highlight the...
