12/17/2010

European Parliament Hearing, Brussels

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On October 26, 2010 a Public Hearing on Health-Related Research Infrastructures was held in the European Parliament. You can access the programme at ISC or listen via webstream to the presentations.

Dec 17, 2010 11:49:47 AM | Biobanking, Clinicians, European, Industry, Patients, Science, Web/Tech, Weblogs

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