- scientific committee (EU)
- Monday 16 November 2020, 01:00 (CET)
Practical information
- When
- Monday 16 November 2020, 01:00 (CET)
- Languages
- English
Report
Hearing on the SCHEER preliminary Opinion
on the safety of breast implants in relation to anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL)
16 November 2020, 10:30 – 15:25
via AUDIO
On 16 November 2020, the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) organised a Hearing via audio connection on the preliminary Opinion on the safety of breast implants in relation to anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL).
The request made to the SCHEER for such scientific opinion is available here.
A public consultation on the preliminary Opinion is running from 23 October to 7 December 2020 at https://ec.europa.eu/health/scientific_committees/consultations/public_consultations/scheer_consultation_09_en.
The Hearing aims to complement the public consultation to gather specific comments, suggestions and explanations or contributions on the scientific basis of the Opinion.
Draft programme and a list of registered organisations
Presentations
- Mandate to the SCHEER, European Commission, DG SANTE
- SCHEER preliminary Opinion on BIA-ALCL
- The EUSOMA perspective and proposed actions, EUSOMA (European Society of Breast Specialists)
- Is Breast Implant Associated - Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma associated to textured implants? G.RE.TA (group of reconstruction and therapeutical advancement)
- Over 30 years personal experience with micro polyurethane surface (MPS) breast implants in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, Klinik für Senologie, Osnabrück
- Hypotheses and Evidence, G&G Biotechnology Ltd
- Outcomes and knowledge gained from vigilance and surveillance activities on BIA-ALCL issue carried out by the competent authority: A 7-year report, Italian Ministry of Health
- Weighing risk versus benefit of Breast implants. Standards of Care is the Gold Standard, Vrij University Brussel (VUB)
- Same surface, different risk - focusing on roughness is not the right approach, Polytech Health & Aesthetics GmbH
- Risks/Benefit Perspectives on Textured Breast Implants in Relation to BIA-ALCL, LSCI
- How two breast implant manufacturers demonstrate the safety profile of breast implants, GC Aesthetics