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1.12. Welcome to the EAN Holiday Countdown!

The European Parliament is preparing to vote on the legislative proposal on health technology assessment (HTA), the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Regulatory Affairs Committee - chaired by Prof Alan Fraser - is preparing a statement calling for policymakers' support.

1 November 2018 marked the launch of the European Brain Council (EBC)-coordinated EU project The European Brain Research Area (EBRA). EBRA was designed to respond to the Horizon 2020 call, SC1-HCO-10-2018, entitled “Coordinating European brain research and developing global initiatives”, which called for the reduction of fragmentation and duplication of research efforts, fostering synergies through enhanced coordination of brain research efforts

Global Neurological Alliance (GNA) Prof. Bill Carroll addresses the need for more meaningful cooperation with WHO – World Health Organisation. A more formal unified structure interacting more regularly to share information, acting concertedly and advocating more cohesively would be mutually… Continue Reading

The EAN endorsed the Societal Impact of Pain Joint Statement and Recommendations for Policy Action (12 October 2018) of the European Pain Federation. There are approximately 740 million people , most of whom experience an episode of severe pain at… Continue Reading

The next meeting of the MEP Interest Group on Brain, Mind and Pain will take place at the European Parliament in Brussels on November 21, from 8.00h to 10.00h. The event will be hosted by MEP Marian Harkin. With the… Continue Reading

In light of EAN works towards a broader base of cooperation also with sub-specialty societies, an MoU was signed with the WMS and Prof. Thomas Voit President of the society.

      by Anna Sauerbier         Dr Gamian-Europe calls for concrete action to empower those affected by mental ill health https://www.efna.net/gamian-europe-calls-for-concrete-action-to-empower-those-affected-by-mental-ill-health/   German Government commits to developing national dementia strategy
https://www.alzheimer-europe.org/News/Policy-watch/Thursday-20-September-2018-German-Government-commits-to-developing-national-dementia-strategy   World Mental Health Day… Continue Reading

On September 25th , EBC held its latest event in the European Parliament, this time building on the Value of Treatment‘s work on Alzheimer’s and The Socioeconomic impact of Alzheimer’s in Europe. This event was an opportunity to further present… Continue Reading

The MDS-ES 2nd Summer School on Neuromodulation for Movement Disorders took place in Würzburg, Germany on September 6-8, 2018. The workshop was excellently directed by Professors Elena Moro and Jens Volkmann, with the collaboration of faculties of different countries, particularly from the Würzburg University. The course was held in a lovely and quiet building, the Burkardushaus Würzburg, in the heart of the city.

The Sixty-eight session of the World Health Organisation Regional Committee for Europe took place in Rome, Italy (16 – 20 September, 2018).                   Health ministers and high-level representatives of the 53 Member States… Continue Reading

During 2017, EFNA continued their patient empowerment work through their Training Initiatives for Neurology Advocates (TINA), which grew to incorporate one pan-European event in Brussels and three national workshops in Bucharest, Valencia and Warsaw. These covered a wide variety of… Continue Reading

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is launching a new version of its corporate website for the HCPWP – Health Care Professional Working Party of which EAN is a partner, www.ema.europa.eu, on Thursday 27 September.
The new website will help us… Continue Reading

        by Anna Sauerbier         “Love your brain campaign”
https://2018.ecnp.eu/programme/Love_Your_Brain.aspx   Hope – and a welter of concerns – greets Europe’s radical open access plan
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/hope-and-welter-concerns-greets-europes-radical-open-access-plan   Bill Gates announces $30 Million investment to… Continue Reading

On 21 November 2018, the European Brain Council, together with its industry partners, hosts the event “Enhanced engagement through public-private partnerships: Sustaining therapeutic innovation to address patient needs” as part of its Value of Innovation series.