Spring brings together the European Academies of Medicine in Bucharest for the 2010 F.E.A.M. Conference
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The Federation of European Academies of Medicine (F.E.A.M.), founded in 1993 in Brussels, has the goal of promoting cooperation between national Academies of Medicine. It is the main association functioning as a bridge between the political and administrative authorities of the European Union and the National Medical Academies of Europe, in their role as advisors with concern to medicine and public health. Since the promulgation of its status in the Royal Decree on 31 March, 1995, F.E.A.M. has been given the full rights of an international association with a scientific objective. Its head office is still located in Brussels, in the prestigious Palais des Academies. F.E.A.M. has grouped leading European medical experts for its work, having three main objectives, as stated in their statute:
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