Meeting to Introduce the Finnish Allergy Programme
After extensive presentations of the Finnish Allergy Programme, EFA is now taking delegations from 3 member countries to Finland 8th-9th November to first...
May contains/contains food allergen labelling needs improvement
The adoption of the new EU regulation on the provision of food information to consumers by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU was welcomed...
Welcome to the EFA e-News September 2012
Greetings from the EFA Board who held their meeting on the 19th of September in Brussels. Please save the date and venue of our next AGM and network meeting...
Featured EFA News
This month EFA reports on its food allergen labelling event at the European Parliament and has news about a European project soon to issue guidelines on...
EFA in Meetings - September 2012
EFA has been busy racing around over the last few weeks (literally!). We participated in the the ELF Lung Run, hosted a stand at the ERS World Village...
EFA and EU Policy Updates
In policy news this month we report on the air quality situation in Europe and how two new EU proposals are aiming to improve the safety of medical devices...
Treatment Updates
In care related news this month, new guidelines on atopic eczema have been published and a big capacity building project for patients on clinical trials...
EFA's Other Activities
In other news EFA has made a large contribution to a new report on COPD published last month, and the GAAPP has been presented at a scientific conference...
European Parliament Magazine writes article about EFA Event
On 20 September, 2012 the European Parliament magazine released an article on the EFA "Contains/May Contain" Food Allergen Labelling Event at the European...
The New EU Pharmacovigilance Statute
Check out EMA´s newest video on pharmacovigilance:
The new European Union pharmacovigilance legislation
EFA Q&A with Karin Kadenbach (MEP)
EFA Q&A with Karin Kadenbach (MEP)
Mrs. Karin Kadenbach, an Austrian Member of European Parliament, sits down with EFA to discuss EU healthcare...
Learn to live with asthma - Episode 1
EFA "May Contain/Contains" Food Allergen Labelling Event
Location: European Parliament - Jòzsef Antall (JAN) building, 6Q1 room
Date: Wednesday, 19th September, 2012 from 18:00 to 20:30
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EFA and EU Policy Update (Summer 2012)
This summer EFA has been busy preparing for a busy autumn, but also replied on behalf of allergy and respiratory patients to a European Commission Consultation...
Treatment Updates
In care related news this month, the European Medicines Agency releases a video explaining the new EU pharmacovigilance legislation, the European Commission...
Welcome to EFA's New Website and Newsletter!
Following its summer break, EFA is proud to welcome you to our new-look website and newsletter! This month sees the launch of the new EFA website...
Towards plain packaging of cigarettes
A historic result was recorded this month in Australia when its top court rejected a bid by some of the world’s largest tobacco companies to overturn...
EFA in meetings - Summer 2012
This month EFA is preparing to co-host a patient symposium at the ERS Congress in Vienna, there is news on our presentation at a Food Allergy Training...
EFA Symposium: Patient views on Respiratory Allergy
EFA is preparing to co-host a symposium on ‘Patient views on respiratory allergies’ at the annual European Respiratory Society Congress in Vienna on...
Food Labelling Event: You are invited!
EFA is pleased to invite you to the upcoming event “May Contain/Contains – Food Allergen Labelling” to be held at the European Parliament on the...