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In 2012, the European Commission put forward a proposal to revise existing data protection legislation, to harmonise standards for data access and processing. After prolonged discussions, the Council and the European Parliament have finally agreed on a proposal to ease restrictions on the use of health data for research purposes, which was welcomed by the European Council of 17-18 December 2015.

Agreement reached on European Commission’s EU data protection legislation

In 2012, the European Commission put forward a proposal...

This issues's comprehensive EU affairs update includes news about EU cancer initiatives, application for membership of the Multidisciplinary European Low Dose Initiative (MELODI), the European Commission's call for scientists to join the non-food Scientific Committees for the term 2016-2021, and news about Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Europe Profiles.

Update on EU’s cancer initiatives

In 1985, the European Council first launched a European action programme against cancer.
To this day, the EU encourages cooperation in relation to cancer...

This month's comprehensive EU affairs update includes news about the EU medical devices regulation, our "radiologist's summary" of the Basic Safety Standards directive, and continued efforts to raise awareness of patient safety and quality of care.

Update on EU medical devices regulation

After one and a half years of negotiations, the EU Council reached agreement on a general approach (please see the Medical devices press release in the links section) regarding the medical devices and in-vitro medical devices regulations at...

Three new ESR papers have been published during March in the society's open access journal Insights into Imaging:

In November 2014, the ESR launched its call for a European Action Plan for Medical Imaging to improve patient safety and quality of care at the European Parliament in Brussels. The initiative calls on EU politicians and stakeholders to join forces to improve patient safety and quality of care for Europe’s citizens and is endorsed by 41 national radiological societies, as well as all 15 European radiological subspecialty societies. The call addresses issues that are of key importance to the...

In 2010, the European Cancer Association (ECCO), the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) co-founded the Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe (BioMed Alliance). The BioMed Alliance, representing 21 medical scientific societies, including the European Society of Radiology (ESR) aims to promote excellence in European biomedical research and innovation with the goal of improving the health and well-being of all European citizens.

One of the...