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EMRC White Paper — present status and future strategy for medical research
The European Medical Research Councils (EMRC) white paper entitled ‘Present Status and Future Strategy for Medical Research in Europe’ provides an analysis of the current state of medical research within Europe compared to global competitors. It also contains an assessment of new challenges facing Europe’s citizens, including changing patterns of disease, environmental issues including global warming, and changing demographic factors such as an ageing population.
EMRC is the membership organisation for all the medical research councils in Europe under the European Science Foundation in Strasbourg (France). The mission of the EMRC is to promote innovative medical research and its clinical application towards improved human health. The white paper makes key recommendations to strengthen and improve medical research in Europe. These include implementation of best practice for funding and performing medical research; strengthened collaboration and co-ordination of medical research in Europe through EMRC and its membership organisations, via the EC, the European Research Council and the learned medical societies; revision of EC directives related to medical research; implementation of equal opportunities for all researchers; and a doubling of public funding of medical research in Europe within the next ten years — to a minimum of 0.25% of gross domestic product (GDP). The white paper also includes a tool box of ‘best practice’ for medical research in Europe.
Further information
www.esf.org/fileadmin/be_user/research_areas/emrc/White_paper/EMRC White Paper Final 071126.pdf
