European Alliance For Vision Research and Ophthalmology

EU Legislative Interests

Research policy, programmes and calls (Horizon Europe, Health programme, implementation European Research Area (ERA)) - Framework for non-communicable disease (NCD) and multi-morbidity - Blood, Tissue & Cells legislation - European Health Data Space & European Open Science Cloud - Driving Licence Directive (assessing fitness to drive) - Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe - Artificial Intelligence regulation - regulatory framework for advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) - HTΑ regulation - ACT EU initiative

Communication Activities

Disseminating briefings to member organisations on developments on the targeted policies. Medicines regulations as member of the Healthcare Professionals Working Party of the European Medicines Agency (and related activities such as Biosimilars, shortages, regulatory science, etc) HTA regulations as member of the HTA Stakeholder Network Clinical Trials regulations as member of the Multi-stakeholder Platform Advisory Group (MSP AG) of the ACT EU initiative

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

Full member of HCPWP of EMA for 2025-2027 mandate; https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/committees/working-parties-other-groups/chmp/healthcare-professionals-working-party HTA Stakeholder Network; https://health.ec.europa.eu/latest-updates/health-technology-assessment-stakeholder-network-list-members-2023-05-05_en Ad hoc member of the Multi-stakeholder Platform Advisory Group of the ACT EU initiative; https://accelerating-clinical-trials.europa.eu/our-work/multi-stakeholder-platform/msp-advisory-group-members_en Member of the Go-CAR-T Coalition

Organisation Members

For a geographical map of the EU EYE members and a list of individual organisations: https://www.eueye.org/members/ Member organisations: European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASDec) European Eye Bank Association (EEBA) European Glaucoma Society (EGS) European Society of Cornea & Ocular Surface Disease Specialists (EUCORNEA) European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA) European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER) European Vision Institute (EVI EEIG) European Paediatric Ophthalmological Society (EPOS) European Vision Institute Clinical Research Network (EVICR.net) CA18116 - Aniridia

Additional Information

The EU EYE has adopted a membership business model to fund its advocacy activities at EU level and retain independence in its activities. Membership fees are paid annually by each member organisation; the fee is calculated on the basis of number of events organised by each member organisation and number of event participants. The total contribution of membership fees represents 100% of the total income. The budget covers core activities aimed at increasing awareness about research in vision science and ophthalmology and improving eye health in Europe.