EMA has published its Regulatory Science Strategy to 2025 today. The strategy provides a plan for advancing regulatory science over the next five years, covering both human and veterinary medicines. It comes in response to the dramatic acceleration of the… Continue Reading

Despite some positive slowing of new cases and deaths in some countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has infected until today over 3.5 million people, leading to more than 250,000 deaths across the globe. Without a doubt, the crisis sparked by this pandemic has also wreaked havoc on healthcare systems and economies while causing massive disruption to the everyday lives of people around the world.

Prof. B. Bodini interviews Mrs. Joke Jaarsma, President of EFNA – European Federation of Neurological Associations

The latest revision (v3) of the Guidance on how to manage clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic was published on 28 April. This version contains key changes based also on the feedback from different stakeholders’ groups (patients’ organisations, academia and… Continue Reading

Prof. Dafin Muresanu, Chair of the EAN Communication Committee interviews Dr. Bart van der Worp, President of the European Stroke Organisation.

For May 2020, we have selected: Lechien JR, Chiesa-Estomba CM, De Siati DR et al. Olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions as a clinical presentation of mild‑to‑moderate forms of the coronavirus disease (COVID‑19): a multicenter European study.

France is a country of tradition and innovation: France was a pioneer country in Neurology since the 19th century, with seminal clinical and pathological description of many neurological diseases by Charcot (1825-1893) in Salpêtriere hospital in Paris and his colleagues, illustrated by the famous painting by Brouillet “a clinical lesson at the Salpêtriere”.

It is our great pleasure to inform you that the 6th EAN Congress and first Virtual Congress has reached more than 13,000 registered participants!

In this very useful paper, the European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) gives recommendations for optimal interventional neurovascular management during the covid-19 outbreak. The authors identify some important priorities including: early detection and limiting exposure of healthcare workers… Continue Reading

In this interesting correspondence just published in the Lancet, Varga et al. demonstrate endothelial cell involvement across vascular beds of different organs in a series of patients with COVID-19 finding evidence of direct viral infection of the endothelial cell and… Continue Reading