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Enhancing BioMed Alliance Activities with the EXHALE operating grant
The BioMed Alliance has been awarded the EXHALE operating grant (BioMed Alliance EXpertise in Health Across Legislation at EU level) for 2024 under the EU4Health programme (grant agreement no 101...
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...
Biomed Alliance Position on the trilogue discussions on the European Health Data Space proposal
The BioMed Alliance has published a new statement in light of the trilogue discussions on the proposal for a European Health Data Space. Medical societies, and the healthcare professionals and researc...
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...
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...
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 2023 in an article in the European Heart Journal that a majority of new high-risk medical devices that are used to treat hear...
Doctors call on the Commission to address limited availability of medical devices, particularly for children
BioMed Alliance published a new press release calling on the European Commission to implement concrete actions in order to prevent a critical shortage of medical devices, particularly for children and...
Press release and letter to European Commission call for urgent action to address device shortages
On 27 June 2023, BioMed Alliance published a new press release calling on the European Commission to implement concrete actions in order to prevent a critical shortage of medical devices, particula...
Press release calls on the Commission to address limited availability of medical devices, particularly for children
BioMed Alliance published a new press release calling on the European Commission to implement concrete actions in order to prevent a critical shortage of medical devices, particularly for children and...
Multi-stakeholder EHDS Workshop to kicked off discussions on the proposal
The EU Health Coalition, with the support of BioMed Alliance, EAU, EFPIA and COCIR organised a hybrid workshop with stakeholders and policy makers on 18 May to 'Maximise EHDS impact on better health d...
Updated survey shortages medical devices (February 2023)
In February 2023 BioMed Alliance launched a new survey on current/upcoming shortages of medical devices. With this short survey, the BioMed Alliance would like to assess whether clinicians experi...
BioMed Alliance welcomes 3 new members
The BioMed Alliance has welcomed 3 new member organisations this year. We look forward to working with the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) the European Society of Paediatr...
Time is running out: BioMed Alliance calls for urgent measures to improve the availability of essential medical devices.
Continuing challenges for the implementation of the EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) will be discussed by health ministers during the EPSCO meeting on 9 December.
The BioMed Alliance believes th...
Press release calls for urgent measures to improve the availability of essential medical devices ahead of EPSCO meeting (November 2022)
BioMed Alliance published a press release ahead of the EPSCO meeting on 9 December 2022 calling for a variety of measures to mitigate a shortage of medical devices. Recommended steps include an extens...