Event Celebrating 60 years protecting public health across Europe and beyond

Celebrating 60 years protecting public health across Europe and beyond

Date/Time
Date(s) - 25/06/2024
10:00 - 12:00

Location
Press Club Brussels Europe

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The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM), the Council of Europe and the EU

Tuesday 25 June 2024 from 10h00 to 12h00

Press Club Brussels Europe

Rue Froissart 95 – 1040 Brussels

The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM), part of the Council of Europe and a cornerstone of the continent’s public health and regulatory landscape, is celebrating 60 years of pioneering work safeguarding the health of millions of people across Europe and beyond. 

Simultaneously, the EDQM and the European Union (EU) are strengthening their comprehensive and long-standing collaboration, covering medicines and substances for human origin. The importance that the EU is attaching to EDQM’s work is also demonstrated by the fact that it is referenced as an expert body, alongside the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), within the EU’s new legislation on blood, tissues, and cells.

Join us for a public presentation and discussion to shine a spotlight on the EDQM’s crucial role in ensuring the quality and safety of medicines and substances of human origin as well as its work to address current public health and societal challenges such as shortages of medicines, the falsification of medicines, and plasma self-sufficiency. We will also discuss EDQM’s unique and complementary relationship with the EU and its agencies.

AGENDA

  • The EDQM’s contribution to public health over the past 60 years
  • The evolving partnership with the European Union and its benefits for European citizens
  • Key challenges, future initiatives, and strategic goals to further advance public health
  • Questions and answers

PRESENTERS

  • Andrew Cutting, Spokesperson/Media Officer, Council of Europe’s office in Brussels
  • Petra Doerr, Director, EDQM
  • Laurent Mallet, Head of the Department on Biological Standardisation, Official Medicines Control Laboratories Network and HealthCare, EDQM
  • Marie-Laure Hecquet, Policy Advisor, EDQM

The presentation will be in English and will also be available to watch online. Media interviews with the EDQM Director can be arranged in advance or on the spot.

To register to take part in the event, either in person or online, please contact the Press Club secretary: secretary@pressclub.be; Please feel free to forward this invitation to any contacts who might be interested.

For further information on the EDQM, contact the Council of Europe’s Spokesperson/Media Officer in Brussels,

Andrew Cutting, via andrew.cutting@coe.int, tel. +32 485 217 202

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