Abstract The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) organized the
first European Strategic Forum on Allergic Diseases and Asthma. The main aim was to bring …

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) mission is to promote respiratory health in order to
alleviate and prevent suffering from respiratory disease. To achieve this mission there …

Knowing whether a patient's lung function result is similar to what can be expected of a
healthy individual is critical for the correct interpretation of pulmonary function test results …

Projects in public–private partnerships, such as the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI),
produce data services and platforms (digital assets) to help support the use of medical …

The Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry (Registo de Asma Grave Portugal, RAG) was
developed by an open collaborative network of asthma specialists. RAG collects data from …

The past two decades have seen the creation of several European collaborations focusing
on asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The growth of the …

June 2017 saw the annual European Respiratory Society (ERS) Presidential Summit in
Ghent, Belgium. Entitled “A public health approach to respiratory health”, the summit brought …

Respiratory medicine is facing formidable challenges in the 21st century. Indeed, most
respiratory medical research is becoming interconnected, translational and transnational, all …

In July 2013 the European Respiratory Society (ERS) developed its 2013–2018 strategic
plan to serve its members better and achieve its mission objectives (table 1)[1]. The …

Lung function is a better predictor of total short-and long-term mortality in the general
population than other commonly used prognostic risk factors, such as cholesterol, high …