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A look back at Brain Awareness Week 2022
Brain Awareness Week 2022 was a busy time period for EBC this year, with a series of virtual launches taking place, namely the release of the 2nd Round of the Value of Treatment project results and Calls to Action as well as the Save the Date for two major events later this year. On Monday, 14 March, the Value of [...]
Save the Date for the EBRA Final Conference & Brain Innovation Days 2022
The EBC-coordinated European Brain Research Area (EBRA) project is in its final months and today launches a Save the Date for its Final Conference, to be held in conjunction with the Brain Innovation Days, which will be back this year with its annual in-person event. The events will take place in Brussels, Belgium on 11 and 12 October 2022. The [...]
Value of Treatment project releases results and calls to action on the occasion of Brain Awareness Week 2022
On the occasion of Brain Awareness Week 2022, the EBC-led Value of Treatment project – currently in its second round – releases results and calls to action this week. The Value of Treatment for Brain Disorders (VOT) is a health economics and outcomes research project launched in 2015, with the objective to identify treatment gaps (or barriers to care) [...]
EBRA releases Mapping Report: investment in European brain research still vital
9 February 2022 The EU-funded European Brain Research Area project today releases its long-awaited European Research Inventory and Mapping Report, providing insight into the brain research activities funded at the European level within the EU framework programmes FP7 and Horizon 2020, as well as the funding initiatives of the EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND), ERA-NET NEURON [...]
Event report | Best practices for patient safety: An EU-wide view on the use of medicines off-label
On 30 November, the GOLUP consortium held a virtual event, led by the European Brain Council, to build on the latest discussions on the Declaration on Good Off-Label Use Practices. The event was hosted by MEP Cyrus Engerer (S&D, Malta), who is a member of the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). . The conversation involved all [...]
EBC supports European Stakeholder Group statement on maintaining the exchange of critical health data
EBC is happy to support the statement released by CPME, on behalf of the European Health Stakeholder Group, to call for a formal association of the UK to the Horizon Europe research programme. The European Health Stakeholder Group aims to raise awareness of the implications that Brexit could have for patients and the public at large and make sure [...]
EBC holds General Assembly and Strategic Workshop, new Executive Committee elected
On 17-18 November 2021, the European Brain Council was pleased to be able to hold its General Assembly and annual Strategic Workshop again in Brussels, bringing members together — in person and virtually — to discuss the ongoing work of 2021 and the future plans for 2022. The General Assembly allowed for the EBC Executive Committee [...]
Registration open for “Best practices for patient safety: An EU-wide view on the use of medicines off-label” event on 30 November 2021
The European Brain Council is pleased to invite you to register for the digital event "Best practices for patient safety: An EU-wide view on the use of medicines off-label" to be held virtually on 30 November 2021 at 14:30 - 16:00 CET. In 2016, the Declaration for Good Off-Label Use Practice was launched, supported by a coalition of European organisations dedicated [...]
Creating synergies and showcasing innovation: Brain Innovation Days 2021
After over 18 months of planning and three digital events, the first-ever, in-person Brain Innovation Days, led by the European Brain Council, took place on 12-13 October in Brussels, Belgium. Postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the two-day event was able to go ahead this year under strict sanitary measures and was a welcome [...]
Making brain health a priority in Europe: Brussels sees event packed with high-level brain scientists and policy-makers
On 12 October, representatives of the highest levels of research policy and brain science met in Brussels for the first European Brain Summit, organised by the European Brain Council (EBC) and EBRAINS, in conjunction with the Brain Innovation Days and Human Brain Project Summit. Leading researchers and policy makers presented their vision of the future of [...]