News from EAN member societies

Alzheimer Europe supported a call made on 25 June by European health NGOs, asking the European Commission to restore operating grants in the EU4Health Programme in order to support core activities of European NGOs.

As we look back at 2020 we see it has been an exceptionally productive year!
Following the arrival of Covid, we could only conclude that we needed to be resourceful and start working within
the virtual reality we all found… Continue Reading

The European Brain Council is pleased to invite you for the upcoming Value of Treatment for Brain Disorders Research Project “Case studies on Rare Diseases and Mental Disorders” Virtual Synthesis Meeting to be held on 8 June 2021 at 13:00-17:30.

The Scientific Panel on Movement Disorders Management Group invites you to join us for the excellent Movement Disorders program at the EAN Virtual Congress. The program has been prepared in collaboration between the EAN and the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society – European Section (MDS-ES).

News from EMA: First oral treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) recommended for approval

EMA is organising a webinar on “COVID-19 vaccination – what you need to know as a health professional” to reply to concerns and questions that health professionals might have about COVID-19 vaccines.

Personalized plans, blood biomarkers and early interventions: Think Brain Health conference highlights

The Scientific Panel on Rare Neurological Diseases wishes to bring the below breaking news to the attention of the readership.

2020 - BioMed Alliance celebrates 10 years of existence

Together with medical societies from the Open Access Transition Working Group of the BioMed Alliance we published a statement on 5 October highlighting a series of concerns around Plan S.

A new draft proposal for the Innovative Health Initiative (the next European Partnership for Health Innovation and successor to the IMI) was released last month and proposes to establish an Innovation Panel.

Written by Kate Boor Ellis On 21 September 2020, Alzheimer Europe marked World Alzheimer’s Day with a social media campaign, calling attention to the damage COVID-19 is doing to the field of dementia research, together with a call for urgent… Continue Reading

In a new statement published on 3 September, the BioMed Alliance calls on the German Council Presidency to guide Member States into adopting a position on the Regulation for Cooperation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) as soon as possible.

Alzheimer Europe calls for urgent action to address the impact of COVID-19 on dementia research

Professor Tissa Wijeratne and Professor Wolfgang Grisold have teamed up on an expert article for the World Brain Day "Move together to End Parkinson's Disease".