In Speech to European Commission, Fattah Calls for U.S. to Join International Health Cooperation Efforts

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a speech to the European Commission today, Congressman Chaka Fattah (PA-02) reiterated American support for international brain research collaboration and pledged his commitment towards engaging the United States in two EU-led initiatives around clinical trials and neurodegenerative diseases.

Speaking live via video to the Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) conference on public health in Brussels, Fattah told the assembled officials that he will push for the U.S. to join the European Union's Joint Programming Initiative on Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND), as well as the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP).

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