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European Commission recruits additional candidates for medical devices expert panels

European Commission recruits additional candidates for medical devices expert panels

The European Commission is currently actively recruiting experts for the EXPAMED Expert panels again, which will evaluate high-risk medical devices and in vitro diagnostics. Due to several circumstanc...
BioMed Alliance members & COVID-19

BioMed Alliance members & COVID-19

The COVID-19 Pandemic has all elements to become one of the biggest health challenges that EU health systems and societies have faced in the past years. In these precarious times, the BioMed Alliance...
ESHG joins BioMed Alliance

ESHG joins BioMed Alliance

The BioMed Alliance continues to grow and is excited to welcome the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) to its membership base. The European Society of Human Genetics joined in November, just a...
‘EU Health Summit 2020: Time for action’

‘EU Health Summit 2020: Time for action’

The 'EU Health Summit 2020: Time for action' on 26 October was a multi-stakeholder event which aimed to develop implementing actions based on a set of 10 recommendations the future of health in Euro...
COVID-19 Skills Preparation Course

COVID-19 Skills Preparation Course

BioMed Alliance member ESICM is undertaking a training programme, financed by the European Commission, of a multidisciplinary pool of healthcare professionals supporting and assisting ICUs in times o...
The BioMed Alliance is looking for an intern

The BioMed Alliance is looking for an intern

Update: We are currently no longer accepting new applications. Would you like to join our small team and work on EU health policy? The BioMed Alliance is looking for a motivated intern interested i...
Participation MDCG Working Group on IVD

Participation MDCG Working Group on IVD

Prof. Elizabeth Macintyre (Chair of the IVD Task Force) is representing us and provides scientific input in the European Commission Medical Devices Coordination Group (MDCG) IVD Working Group. Input f...
The BioMed Alliance named partner in the new CORE-MD project

The BioMed Alliance named partner in the new CORE-MD project

The CORE-MD project is a European project, funded under Horizon 2020, that aims at translating expert knowledge into advice for regulatory guidance and building expertise and Regulatory Science in the...
New structure for the Regulatory Affairs and Medical Devices Task force

New structure for the Regulatory Affairs and Medical Devices Task force

Regulatory Affairs Committee will allow for cooperation on the longer term and will increase the BioMed Alliance power in the regulatory field. The taskforces will be able to work on an increasing num...
ESCMID joins BioMed Alliance

ESCMID joins BioMed Alliance

The BioMed Alliance continues to grow and is excited to welcome ESCMID to its membership base. The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases joined in the end of July. It is th...
BioMed Alliance & EU Health Coalition react to proposed budget cuts for research

BioMed Alliance & EU Health Coalition react to proposed budget cuts for research

The BioMed Alliance and EU health Coalition expressed their concerns about the proposed budget cuts for European research funding. The European Council met 17-21 July and proposed to reduce the fin...
EU Health Summit takes place on 26 October

EU Health Summit takes place on 26 October

The EU Health Coalition, in which the BioMed Alliance is an active member and chairs the research & innovation policy group, announced that the next EU Health Summit will take place on 26 October...
Kick-off meeting

Kick-off meeting

The kick-off meeting of the new Task Force on In Vitro Diagnostics took place on 12 November 2019 and brought together experts from member societies and other key players in the field. During the meet...
European Commission recruits experts for evaluation medical devices

European Commission recruits experts for evaluation medical devices

The European Commission has opened a call for experts to be appointed as members of the expert panels for medical devices as described in the Medical Device Regulation. By participating, experts will...
Participation MDCG Working Groups

Participation MDCG Working Groups

BioMed Alliance representatives also participate in different stakeholder working groups of the Medical Device Coordination Group, which advises the European Commission and helps ensuring a harmonised...
BioMed Alliance promotes European Commission call for Medical Devices experts

BioMed Alliance promotes European Commission call for Medical Devices experts

The BioMed Alliance helped the European Commission to promote a call for additional candidates to be part of the Medical Devices Expert Panels (EXPAMED). The panels play a key role in evaluating high-...
Medical experts united on 11 February 2019 to improve scientific scrutiny of evidence for approval of high-risk medical devices in the European Union

Medical experts united on 11 February 2019 to improve scientific scrutiny of evidence for approval of high-risk medical devices in the European Union

On 11 February, experts from the Biomedical Alliance in Europe (BioMed Alliance) advised the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy, on the clinical evaluation of high-...
BioMed Alliance Recommendations on the role of Scientific bodies under the new EU medical device legislative framework

BioMed Alliance Recommendations on the role of Scientific bodies under the new EU medical device legislative framework

The BioMed Alliance submitted written recommendations, in response to the call for consultation on Scientific bodies under the new EU legislative framework. The new  EU Medical Device Regulation 2017...