2 Amendments of Salvatore TATARELLA related to 2010/2084(INI)
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Encourages all the Member States to engage actively in the definition, development and implementation of common protocols for early diagnosis andwith a view to defining new criteria for early diagnosis, to establish biomarkers for the progress of the disease with a view to building on the emergence of new therapies for both dementia and pre-dementia, and to define a common research agenda in the field of neurodegenerative diseases, thus reducing the prevailing inequalities between Member States and within Member States as regards diagnosis and treatment; emphasises that standard operational procedures for the assessment of disease markers will be key to drug discovery and to the development of more effective, technology-assisted care of patients with Alzheimer’s disease;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Points to the importance of a multidisciplinary approach on ways in which cooperation and coordination in the field of research at European level can improve knowledge, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and social research into the welfare of patients and their families and carers; believes that early diagnostic tests, research into risk factors and criteria for early diagnosis areresearch on the validation of new diagnostic criteria, the development of early screening tests, and the identification of risk factors for the progress of the disease from the pre- dementia phase to the advanced stages is crucial; this being the case, sees clear added value in conducting large-scale epidemiological and clinical studies in transnational collaboration;