30/03/2022
On 29 March 2022, the FEAM European Biomedical Policy Forum, with the support of the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), organised an online event on ‘Pharmaceuticals in the Environment’. From the event resulted a discussion with expert policy makers, academics, industry and civil society […]
FEAM Forum
28/03/2022
In this month’s newsletter, we share an overview on the activities that FEAM is developing, such as the publication of the reports on Cancer Screening and Adult Vaccination, and the PERISCOPE MOOC on One Health.
Newsletter
09/03/2022
Vaccines are one of the best life-saving interventions developed with the intent to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Vaccines are also the principal tool for primary prevention of communicable diseases, being highly efficacious and cost-effective. Thus, promoting life-course vaccination programmes is essential for the wellbeing of the whole population, particularly in the elderly. The […]
Vaccination
04/03/2022
First, we would like to express our deep concern for loss of life and the potential humanitarian disaster triggered by the war in Ukraine. We express solidarity with the people of Ukraine and with scientists and physicians whose livelihood and research are jeopardized and may be destroyed by the current Russian invasion. We call on […]
Ukrainian crisis
02/03/2022
There is a strong scientific basis for introducing life-saving screening programmes in EU member states for both lung cancer and prostate cancer, according to experts advising the European Commission ahead of an expected update to the Council’s cancer screening guidelines. In a comprehensive evidence review published today, 2 March, SAPEA – part of the Commission’s […]
SAPEA
22/02/2022
On 31 January 2022, the Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM), and the four French Academies of Medicine, of Veterinary Sciences, of Pharmacy and of Agriculture, organized the workshop ‘How should Europe prepare and respond to cross-border health threats: HERA?‘. At this event, high-level European and French Government Representatives discussed on implications of the […]
FEAM
08/02/2022
A new campaign, launched today (8 February), asks EU leaders to place science collaboration before politics, as the UK’s and Switzerland’s participation in the EU’s world-leading research and innovation programme Horizon Europe hangs in the balance. The Federation of European Academies of Medicine (FEAM), which has the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and the Swiss […]
Academies / Research
02/02/2022
In this month’s newsletter, we share an overview on the activities that FEAM is developing, such as the Cancer Screening Report – to be published in March 2022 – and the consultancy services we are providing to DG SANTE.
Newsletter
11/01/2022
On 31 January 2022, FEAM, and the four French Academies of Medicine, of Veterinary Sciences, of Pharmacy and of Agriculture, will organize a workshop on ‘How should Europe prepare and respond to cross-border health threats: HERA?‘. Taking place in a hybrid format, in Paris and via zoom, the event will be organised under the seal […]
Academies / One Health
10/01/2022
FEAM Forum
20/12/2021
In 2022 we would like to continue to strive, and we foresee a year of many challenges. We will continue to share the evidence based scientific expertise of our Academies, thus contributing to better health policies.
FEAM
17/12/2021
The 8th episode of the PERISCOPE’s Monthly Talks will focus on the COVID Data Atlas, featuring Enea Parimbelli, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pavia, as a guest. Enea is coordinating efforts of PERISCOPE’s Work Package 4 whose main product is the Data Atlas: an integrated data repository for COVID-related information enabling analysis […]
PERISCOPE
09/12/2021
The European Health Stakeholder Group urged the European Commission to formalise the United Kingdom’s association to Horizon Europe without further delay. In a statement published on 8 December, the European Health Stakeholder Group, of which FEAM is a member, stressed that the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical value of global partnerships to advance scientific […]
Research
07/12/2021
On 27 November, Professor Stefan Constantinescu, President of FEAM, was awarded the 15th Prize of the Alexandre and Gaston Tytgat Foundation, amounting to 25,000 Euros. This prize is awarded every three years and aims to distinguish French and Flemish researchers in support of their cancer research. Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of […]
Cancer
23/11/2021
The AMR Stakeholder Network has published today (23 November) a position paper on the EU Pharmaceutical strategy, with recommendations addressed to the European Commission. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) represents a global health threat, which continues to worsen, despite the emerging realisation of the severity and magnitude of this problem, including beyond expert spheres. In the document, […]
Human genome editing
23/11/2021
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is celebrated from 18-24 November every year. The 2021 theme, Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance, calls on One Health stakeholders, policymakers, health care providers, and the general public to be Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness champions. On this topic, FEAM interviewed Dr. Jean-Yves Madec, Scientific Director on Antimicrobial Resistance at the French […]
Awareness Day
19/11/2021
In the November issue of our newsletter, we highlight the FEAM Forum Annual Lecture, the publication of the report on Health Inequalities and the participation of Professor Stefan Constantinescu, in the European Cancer Summit.
Newsletter
14/11/2021
A new generation of scientific methods are helping to better understand health inequalities in Europe, but investments in data infrastructures are required to make use of its full potential for informing policymaking, European academies say in a new report. The COVID-19 pandemic has struck disadvantaged groups in society much more severely than others. As a […]
Health inequalities
04/11/2021
The seventh episode of the PERISCOPE Project Monthly Talks is dedicated to health inequalities with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Giuseppe Costa, Professor of Public Health (Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Italy), was the guest chosen to address this topic. He is a leading expert on health inequalities, overseeing FEAM […]
PERISCOPE
22/10/2021
PERISCOPE
