Transparency in medical research data and protecting public health Opening up EU clinical trial data for safe and effective medicines The European Parliament is presently considering the Clinical Trials Regulation. http://ec.europa.eu/health/human-use/clinical-trials/index_en.htm#rlctd. This is an opportunity to assure an EU regulation…
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Open data: what and why
Presentation by Dr. Elena Giglia on Open Data given on October 10th in the European Parliament in Brussels at the event organized by TACD “Why European academics and researchers want open access”. EU OPEN DATA GIGLIA
Worrisome EU proposal on clinical trials
Deregulation proposal that affects our medicines and health: Less dependable data, fewer safety requirements and little transparency. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Clinical Trials on Medicinal Products for Human Use, and Repealing…
Open Access event in the European Parliament
MEPs Luigi Berlinguer (S&D) Ioannis A. Tsoukalas (EPP) and Philippe Lamberts (Greens/EFA) Why Europe’s researchers and academics want a clear open access policy in Horizon 2020. In the next few months the European Parliament will decide its position on…
TACD sponsored event on Open Acess
Open Access 10 Oct – Invitation
Píldoras amargas de la mala ciencia farmacéutica
Los medicamentos no son testados mediante ensayos experimentales por equipos científicos independientes que tienen una única vocación de hacer prevalecer los valores epistemológicos del conocimiento y la búsqueda de verdades sobre sus efectos en el cuerpo y la salud humana.…
OPEN ACCESS TO EU FUNDED PUBLISHED RESEARCH RESULTS
The EU should promote the sharing and dissemination of scientific knowledge. For an open access publishing policy in Horizon 2020 1. If taxpayers pay the research, they should be able to read the results. When European taxpayers pay for the…
Orphans left out in cold: final vote on weak Directive
ORPHAN WORKS DIRECTIVE: OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE IS STILL LEFT OUT IN THE COLD AND OFF-LINE The Orphan Works Directive that will be voted by the European Parliament on Thursday this week in Strasbourg will not facilitate…
OPEN ACCESS TO EU FUNDED PUBLISHED RESEARCH RESULTS
The EU should promote the sharing and dissemination of scientific knowledge. Ten reasons for an open access publishing policy in Horizon 2020 1. If taxpayers pay the research, they should be able to read the results. When European taxpayers pay…
Kicking and screaming at WIPO: Dragging the EU and the US to the negotiating table
EU and US have shown insensitivity to the right to read of the millions of blind persons. They also have also lacked transparency and democratic legitimacy in their attempts to slow and weaken progress towand an effective Treaty for the…