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EFCCA breaking news nr. 6/2011
BACK FROM SWITZERLAND: SMCCV 25th ANNIVERSARY
Last weekend EFCCA, represented by its Chair Marco Greco and myself, had the great honour to be invited to the SMCCV General Assembly celebrating its 25th anniversary. In a sunny and warm Friburg a significant number of delegates attended the meeting chaired by Bruno Raffa. After the auspicious speeches of Marco Greco and Rudolf...
EFCCA breaking news nr. 5/2011
DUBLIN - ECCO CONGRESS. EFCCA CONSOLIDATES COOPERATION WITH ECCO.
As every year EFCCA participated in the ECCO Congress held in Dublin from 24 to 26 February 2011. A boot and dissemination material were at disposal of the congress participants.
The ECCO Congress was attended by over 3000 delegates consisting mainly of doctors and other healthcare professionals and provided...
EFCCA breaking news nr. 4/2011
Adoption of the Code of Conduct removes the last barrier to the formal conclusion of the UNCRPD
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which entered into force on 3 May 2008, is the first human rights Convention signed by the EU. All EU Member States have signed the UNCRPD and a majority has signed its Optional Protocol too. The next step,...
EFCCA breaking news nr. 3/2011
EUROPEAN MEDICINE AGENCY NEW WEB SITE
Rod Mitchell, our former Chair, who is currently the IAPO alternate at the European Medicines Agency Patient & Consumer Working Party sent us this relevant news. Being EFCCA a IAPO member I am more than pleased to circulate it to you all.
Patient and associated organisations together with other interested parties may like to be reminded that the...
EFCCA breaking news nr. 1/2011
WORLD IBD DAY 19 MAY 2011
Here we are again and happy 2011 to you all!
A new year just started and EFCCA is pleased to inform you all that the date for the second World IBD DAY has been finally agreed. It will be again May the 19th all over the world with a new entry association being part of the worldwide platform: New Zealand! EFCCA is willing to collect all the ideas...
EFCCA Annual General Meeting 2014
Commissioner Borgh addressing EFCCA General Assembly
Commissioner Borgh from the European Commission´s Directorate for Health and Consumers welcomed delegates to the 24 General Assembly of EFCCA which took place in Graz (Austria) from 3-6 April 2014.
In his pre-recorded speech Commissioner Borgh acknowledged and applauded the work of EFCCA and showed his support to the...
Survey on IBD patients' perception of Surgery
An international online survey promoted by the European Federation Of Crohn’s And Ulcerative Colitis Associations (EFCCA) with the Scientific Support of and international team of experts led by Professor Antonino Spinelli, M.D., Ph.D. and Professor Francesco Pagnini, Psy.D., Ph.D.
As many of you may remember, this important project was presented at the EFCCA General Assembly in 2013. The...
UEG Week Barcelona 2015
October 24-28, 2015, Barcelona, Spain
UEG Week is the largest and most prestigious meeting of its kind in Europe, and many consider it to be the best digestive diseases meeting in the world.
It has been running since 1992 and now attracts more than 14,000 people from across the world. It features the latest advances in clinical management, the best research in GI and liver...
World IBD Day 2015
This year more than 40 countries across the globe joined together in a unified effort to raise awareness about Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in honor of World IBD Day, held every year on May 19. This year’s efforts centered around a global video campaign encouraging anyone impacted by IBD to share their story in a short video with the unifying theme of “United We...
EFCCA at European Commission workshop on Biosimilars
On 6 October 2015 the European Commission´s Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), organized a workshop on Access to and Uptake of Biosimilar Medicinal Products.
The objective of the workshop were to gather all relevant interested parties in order to facilitate a multi-stakeholder exchange of information, experiences and reflection on the...