EU´s Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier on copyright exception in WIPO Treaty for Visually Impaired: THOSE DAMN BLIND PIRATES (If politicians said what they really think)
The EU declares war on blind pirates
A rumour is circulating that at the next negotiating round on the Treaty of the Visually Impaired at the World Intellectual Property Organization the members of the European Blind Union will attend the meeting with black pirate flags and one…
Transparency in medical research data. 13-11-12 in European Parliament
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…
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…