National Brain Councils (NBCs) are independent and multidisciplinary councils that unite scientific organisations of neuroscientists, psychiatrists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, patients’ associations, as well as the pharmaceutical and medical device industry, in order to speak with one strong voice on behalf of the whole of the “brain space”. EBC realizes that the best results are created in [...]
EBC’s Year of the Brain campaign ran through the academic year 2014-2015, with the vision‘To protect, preserve, develop and nurture our most vital asset: The Brain’ via three key aims: To educate society about how to nurture and protect the brain and prevent brain disease. To improve care and treatment access for those affected by brain [...]
As part of the Words to Action working group, EBC took part in the production of a policy paper on major depression, entitled ‘A sustainable approach to depression: moving from words to actions’. Over 35 million people are estimated to be living with depression in Europe with a cost 30% higher than that of stroke. [...]
On 21 November 2018, EBC held one of its largest events yet, as part of its Value of Innovation series: “Enhanced engagement through public-private partnerships: sustaining therapeutic innovation to address patient needs“. The event was an excellent showcase of the latest initiatives of EBC members and partners to key stakeholders, highlighting collaboration, innovation and multi-stakeholder engagement. This event [...]
Launched on 1 November 2018, the European Brain Council (EBC)-coordinated EU project The European Brain Research Area (EBRA), was designed to respond to the Horizon 2020 call SC1-HCO-10-2018, entitled‚ 'Coordinating European brain research and developing global initiatives'. The highly diversified nature of European public research represents a considerable obstacle in the European Research Area, especially in the field of brain research. [...]
The Brain Innovation Days launched virtually on 13 October 2020, kicking off one full year of a packed brain innovation agenda. The belief driving the formation of the Days is that enhanced multi-stakeholder engagement in the brain ecosystem is needed to foster dialogue, exchange knowledge, accelerate investment in research and innovation, facilitate business development and [...]
The sciencedigital@UNGA75 series of virtual side events organised within the context of the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA75) was held from 24 September to 2 October 2020. The central theme of these activities was to advance awareness of the role and contribution of science and digital technologies to the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals [...]
The use of medicines off-label is often a necessity in areas of unmet medical need. As shown by a study commissioned by the European Commission on the off-label use of medicinal products in the European Union (EU), the prevalence of off-label use in the EU in both the paediatric and adult population is high in [...]
On 22 June 2017, the European Brain Council (EBC) released the Value of Treatment (VoT) 2015-2017 Research Project Policy White Paper with case studies findings and policy recommendations, at a final conference organized under the auspices of the Maltese EU Presidency. Starting from case studies data analysis covering a wide range of brain disorders and [...]
In the lead up to the 2019 European elections, EBC released its Election Manifesto, a call and reminder to MEPs for an improved quality of life for Europeans living with brain conditions. The Manifesto called on Members of the European Parliament to guide the EU to the role of global leader in brain research, sustain EU [...]
