In response to the EBC Call to Action for developing an EU-wide Strategy for Brain Disorders, the Parliamentary Magazine devoted two articles to support this initiative in its November issue. Professor David Nutt, the President of the European Brain Council (EBC), writes in his piece that brain health must be at heart of Europe 2020 strategy, arguing that a healthy [...]

The European Brain Council (EBC) concluded its Year of the Brain campaign with a multi-stakeholder conference titled ‘Lifting the Dark Clouds: What can Europe do to Reduce the Burden of Depression in the Workplace’. The event was organised on 9 December in Brussels, Belgium, and was attended by key representatives of patient organisations, European Union (EU) institutions, academia and pharmaceutical [...]

On the 10th November the European Animal Research Association (EARA) published a Statement on behalf of leading biomedical research organisations, learned societies, industry representatives, universities and patient groups in Europe in support of the Directive 2010/63/EU. The use of animals in research has facilitated major breakthroughs in medicine which have transformed human and animal health. This Statement supports research using animals where alternative [...]

On 9th December, the European Brain Council- in collaboration with its partners, organized a conference entitled ‘Lifting the Dark Clouds: What can Europe do to Reduce the Burden of Depression in the Workplace?’. The event was held at the Thon EU Hotel in Brussels, Belgium. Depression has a substantial impact on the workforce in terms of presenteeism, sick leave and early [...]

On 7th December 2015, Luxembourg, the current holder of the EU’s rotating presidency, unveiled its long-awaited Council Conclusions on personalized medicine. While these are recommendations and invitations to Member States to act in certain areas –and thereby carry little political weight-, they were welcomed by many as a significant step forward in pushing the agenda in this new field. The [...]

On 1st December 2015, United4Health and the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) organized a workshop on “eHealth in Europe: Reality and challenges ahead” at the European Parliament in Brussels. The workshop was chaired by MEP Eva Kaili, Vice-Chair of the EP scientific foresight unit (STOA), and brought together European, National and Regional eHealth Stakeholders and Policy Makers to discuss what [...]

On 26th of November, the Board of EBC discussed and reviewed an application for membership received a few days earlier from the PanEuropean Regional Committee (PERC) of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). Herewith, EBC is delighted to announce that PERC-IBRO has become a new member organization to EBC. In doing so, it will join forces and work together towards [...]

The 5th NERRI Consortium Meeting took place on 30th November and 1st December 2015 in Vienna, Austria. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss four key documents that will be presented as the main outcomes of the project in February 2016, when the project comes to an end. The key documents aim to address the implications of neuro-enhancement [...]

The EBC held the 4th Meeting of its Board and Industry Board in 2015 in Brussels on 25/26 November. On this occasion, delegates from EBC’s member organisations and industry partners discussed the ongoing activities of the organisation and plans for the months to come. The following issues were addressed in particular: New member: A letter of membership application from the [...]

Dear Members & Partners of EBC, We are writing to inform you of the organisation of our meetings this week in the context of the recent developments in Brussels and the fact that Alert Level 4 has been maintained until Monday 30 November. Further to these, the Executive of EBC has been following the situation very closely and decided to [...]