On 6 July 2016, the Biannual Report of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the EU was released. The report provides insights on the public role of WHO at the EU, and of how it pushed the public health agenda in the European Union. The European Brain Council is listed among the stakeholders with which the WHO collaborated during the last [...]

The Innovation Report, a review conducted by Robert Madelin on innovation in Europe, has been published on 5th July 2016. The paper has been produced by the European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC), the European Commission's new think tank, where Madelin, former director general at DG Connect, is now adviser on innovation. In its first two sections, the report acknowledges the [...]

The OECD has just released a new series in order to highlight the latest data in selected countries, to explain their health care systems and to provide key information in a clear and concise way, in just 2 pages. Each document highlights elements that are characteristic of that particular country, be it smoking, obesity, surgical interventions, consumption of antibiotics or alcohol [...]

The European Brain Council (EBC) is carrying out a new Study for 2015-2017 on the “Value of Treatment:  Bridging the Early Diagnosis and Treatment Gap for Brain Disorders”. The main objective of the VoT project for brain disorders is to assess the socio-economic impact of interventions (clinical practice), or the lack thereof, and to provide evidence and tools that can assist policy [...]

On 29th June, EBC representatives have attended the European Health Parliament's closing session, held in the European Parliament. The agenda was structured on debates about the reports and recommendations from the different working committees, namely: The committe on Antimicrobial Resistance, with the report "Tackling a global public health crisis" The Committe on Climate Change and Health, with the report "Tackling meat production and consumption" [...]

In view of the 6th edition of the Belgian Brain Council's Congress that is going to take place on the 8th of October in Mons, a call for abstracts submission is open. At the BBC congress, clinicians, researchers, representatives of patients and pharmaceutical industry interact in the largest national meeting on Brain and Brain Disorders. The aim being to fill the [...]

The Annual Partners Meeting of EFNA was held on 22 June in Brussels. It was preceded by a meeting of the European Parliament interest group on Brain, Mind and Pain, focused on the need for patient involvement in research. The issue was addressed from the patients', researchers' and industry's perspective. The EFNA Annual Meeting was the occasion for EFNA and its members to [...]

The Active Citizenship Network, in partnership with EFIC and with the support of Grunenthal, has organized an open debate in the European Parliament on the 21 June. The meeting was hosted by MEP Patrizia Toia and has seen the participation of MEPs José Inácio Faria and Flavio Zanonato as well. The background of the event is the article 8.5 of [...]

The European Brain Council attended the 2016 EFPIA annual meeting on "A Healthier Future: from innovations to outcomes", which was held in Brussels on the 15th of June, with the participation of a number of high-level speakers. Roberto Bertollini, WHO representative at the EU, highlighted some general global trends like migration, climate change, an ageing population and the increasing challenges [...]