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The Council of Europe Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO) is launching a public consultation on the document on Predictivity, Genetic Testing and Insurance.

The consultation will close on 27 April 2012. The answers should be submitted in the questionnaire in English or French via e-mail to the following address: dgI.consultation@coe.int. More...

An International Conference on "Ethics Review of Clinical Research in Pharmaceuticals" organised by the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation will take place in Moscow on 28-29 November 2011. The Guide for Research Ethics Committee members will be presented on this occasion.

The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues has published it's report.

A Symposium on decision-making process regarding medical treatment in end-of-life situations was held on 30 November – 1 December 2010. It was attended by about 150 professionals from all relevant disciplines (medical doctors, nurses, carers, lawyers, philosophers, etc.) as well as representatives of patients. The objective was to clarify certain concepts and identify points of convergence and possible divergences, on issues related to decision making process concerning medical treatment in end of life situation. The conclusions of the Symposium by its general rapporteur Dr Regis Aubry (France), and co-rapporteurs Dr Beatrice Ioan (Romania) and Dr Takis Vidalis (Greece) will be presented to the Steering Committee on Bioethics (CDBI) in June 2011 and could be used as a basis for possible guidelines in this field.
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