The Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe (BioMed Alliance) is a non-profit organisation representing leading European research and medical societies uniting more than 400,000 researchers and health professionals.
The BioMed Alliance is committed to promoting excellence in European biomedical research and innovation with the goal of improving the health and well-being of all European citizens.
ESE works with the BioMed Alliance, meeting with other pan-European learned societies to tackle the key issues facing our members. By supporting Biomed Alliance initiatives, we are actively supporting the European biomedical community.
- To provide a platform for their members to speak with a unified voice and interact with EU policy makers on key topics for European biomedical and health research
- To provide recommendations for policy and decision makers on facilitating and improving biomedical research in Europe
- To advocate for an EU regulatory environment that promotes European excellence and innovation in biomedical research by adopting specific policy statements
- To ensure that the European Research Area is supported with sustainable research policies and adequate funding programmes at EU-level to tackle future societal challenges Membership BioMed
The BioMed Alliance activities focus on topics important for all members and are complementary to other European organisations. Members are actively involved and receive regular information about the activities of the BioMed Alliance. Policy, strategy and activities are annually discussed during the Spring meeting and the General Assembly, which in addition provide a forum for networking and information exchange with high-level policymakers and relevant stakeholders at European level.
Plan S is an initiative for Open Access publishing that was launched in September 2018. It requires that, from 2021, scientific publications that result from research funded by public grants must be published in compliant Open Access journals or platforms. The BioMed Alliance issued a statement in response to this initiative.
ESE adheres to the BioMed Alliance Code of Conduct, which outlines approaches to ensure objectivity and transparency across the activities carried out by medical professional organisations.