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Medical societies share their views on managing competing interests in HTA
The BioMed Alliance has replied to a public consultation on HTA on procedural rules for assessing and managing conflicts of interest. In the reply prepared by the HTA Working Group, the Alliance welco...
CORE-MD Podcast – Real-world evidence on the performance of High-Risk Medical Devices
Alan Fraser from the European Society of Cardiology and Scientific Coordinator of CORE-MD, together with Perla Marang-van de Mheen from Delft University of Technology, delve into the critical topic of...
CORE-MD Podcast – Providing Medical Devices for children
In this CORE-MD Podcast, Alan Fraser from the European Society of Cardiology, and Scientific Coordinator of CORE-MD, as well as Prof Berthold Koletzko from the European Academy of Paediatrics, talk...
BioMed Alliance mourns the passing of Tobias Welte
BioMed Alliance is deeply saddened by the passing of Prof. Tobias Welte on 10 March, at the age of 64. Tobias Welte was a valued member of our Board of Directors and was Treasurer until 2023. He was a...
CORE-MD Final Conference: Results, Research, Recommendation on high-risk Medical Devices
On 15th March 2024, the CORE-MD consortium organised its Final Conference in Brussels. Gathering a large number of partners involved in CORE-MD, the event also attracted various stakeholders to discus...
CORE-MD Podcast – How do surgeons choose which Medical Device to implant?
Alan Fraser, European Society of Cardiology, Scientific Coordinator of CORE-MD and Ass. Prof. Dr. Per Kjaersgaard-Andersen, EFORT´s Chair EU Affairs Committee, talk in this CORE-MD Podcast about How...
CORE-MD Podcast – Understanding how EU Notified Bodies work
In this CORE-MD Podcast, Alan Fraser, European Society of Cardiology, Scientific Coordinator of CORE-MD and Richard Holborow, Head of Clinical Compliance BSI Group, talk about the understanding Unders...
Concerns about cuts in EU4Health and Horizon Europe budgets
In early February, BioMed Alliance expressed its strong disappointment with political decisions to cut the EU4Health budget by 1 billion and the Horizon Europe budget by 2.1 billion Euros. With th...
BioMed Alliance welcomes a new member: ESCCA
The BioMed Alliance is proud to welcome a new member, the European Society for Clinical Cell Analysis (ESCCA). We look forward to working with this newest member to continue to raise awareness on the...
BioMed Alliance leads drafting of HERA Civil Society Forum Discussion Paper
On November 17, the Civil Society Forum of the European Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) adopted its first discussion paper on the strategy and future role o...
New CORE-MD Press release highlights lack of evidence for high-risk medical devices
Investigators from the CORE-MD Project revealed at the end of August in an article in the European Heart Journal that a majority of new high-risk medical devices that are used to treat heart disea...
Healthcare community calls for action: Do not fail patients and undermine the full potential of the European Health Data Space
BioMed Alliance, as part of a multi-stakeholder group consisting of 32 European patient organisations, medical associations, research organisations, data collaborations and industry associations met E...