December 21, 2022
EBA kicks-off 2023 with event on SoHO Regulation
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EBA will organise an event to discuss the position of blood establishments on the proposal for a SoHO Regulation on 25 January 2023. The event “Blood establishments and the new SoHO Regulation: Protecting donors, delivering for patients” will be an opportunity to listen to the priorities and recommendations of public and not-for-profit blood establishments in this important dossier, as well as reactions from donors, patients and clinicians.
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25 of January, 12:30-14:00 (lunch at 12.00 for on-site participants)
Room Spinelli 3H1, European Parliament (Brussels)
| 12.00 | Sandwich lunch kindly offered by co-hosting MEPs |
| 12.30 | Welcome and opening words
Prof. Pierre Tiberghien, President of EBA |
| MEP Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé, EPP
MEP Nicolás González Casares, S&D |
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| Stefaan Van der Spiegel, DG SANTE – European Commission
How the new proposal for a SOHO Regulation improves protection and wellbeing of donors of blood components as well as patients |
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| 12.50 | Donor wellbeing |
| Marjolaine Jacques, Co-chair of EBA Working Group EU Directives | |
| Alice Simonetti, International Federation of Blood Donor Organisations (FIODS) | |
| 13.10 | Patient access |
| Prof. Philippe Vandekerckhove, Belgian Red Cross-Flanders
How Europe can ensure sustainable supply of blood components and plasma on a voluntary non-remunerated basis |
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| Jean-Philippe Plançon, European Patient Organisation for Dysimmune and Inflammatory Neuropathies (EPODIN) | |
| Robin Doeswijk, European Hematology Association (EHA) | |
| 13.50 | Closing |
| MEP Tilly Metz, Greens |
The event is being kindly hosted by MEP Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé (France, EPP), MEP Nicolás González Casares (Spain, S&D) and MEP Tilly Metz (Luxembourg, Greens).
