Through RETHINKING Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the European Brain Council (EBC) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) are joining forces with the ambition of improving Alzheimer’s disease care pathway and the lives of people living with it. Officially launched on 29 April 2022, the project kicked off its operational activities with [...]
The EBC Newsletter for April 2022 can be downloaded here.
On the occasion of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week 2022, the national extension of the virtual exhibition "Living with MS during COVID-19: A case for rethinking MS care in the EU" brings light to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on multiple sclerosis at country level. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on multiple sclerosis at [...]
The EBC Newsletter for March 2022 can be downloaded here.
Since the war in Ukraine began, the European Brain Council has been monitoring the situation closely and looking to identify ways it could provide support. The situation on the ground has had- and will continue to have - tremendous impact on the mental wellbeing of people, as well as immense disruption on regular, life-saving [...]
The preparation of the Shared European Brain Research Agenda (SEBRA) is currently underway within the EBC-coordinated European Brain Research Area (EBRA) project, with the aim to provide recommendations on future areas for excellent, innovative, and translational research. Existing strategic research agendas have been taken into consideration and input has been collected from a first set of identified experts in the European brain research area. A Consultation is now [...]
Twenty years ago to this day, the European Brain Council (EBC) was formed. The brain child of Prof. Jes Olesen, EBC was the answer to the need for increased unity within the brain community, building a more connected network of key players in the brain space — scientists, clinicians, patients, industry — encompassing basic [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]