News

• The priorities of the Digital Agenda

  On 17 June 2013, the Vice-president of the Commission and Commissioner responsible for the Digital agenda, Neelie Kroes made an interesting speech on the Digital Agenda Priorities.

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• EU campaigning for better, digital healthcare

  On 1 July 2013, Commissioner responsible for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes published an interesting opinion on her blog.

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• €70 Billion package agreed for Horizon 2020

  After a long negotiations between the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament, a circa €70 billion package has been agreed for Horizon 2020, the latest framework programme for research and innovation. Presidency officials also stated that the European Research Council (ERC) will receive seventeen per cent of the budget.

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• Data Protection Regulation seems far away from consensus

  The ongoing discussions on the Data Protection Regulation has come under close scrutiny from Science Business, an online magazine widely read by policy makers in Brussels.

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• European Parliament hosts event on VPH and eHealth Action Plan

  On 26 June 2013, under the patronage of MEPs Mr. Sean Kelly (EPP, Ireland) and Professor Vittorio Prodi (S&D, Italy) an event was held in the European Parliament entitled "Towards personalised and in silico medicine: eHealth Action Plan and VPH".

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• The VPH Institute takes a stand on the Data Protection Regulation Amendments

  The VPH researchers working towards personalised and in silico medicine in the EU, fully support those amendments to the LIBE Committee Report on the Data Protection Regulation, which adequately take into account the needs of public health researchers.

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