30 November 2022 The European Commission has adopted a new EU Global Health Strategy which aims at improving global health security and defining the role and responsibility of the EU in tackling key global challenges and health inequalities. The strategy positions global health as an essential pillar of EU external policy and as an [...]
Friends of Europe – European Health Summit: Reimagining health systems: green, agile and citizen-centred 29 November 2022 The summit looked at how the innovative thinking triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic to overcome unexpected challenges could be maintained to address future challenges and changes. The summit looked at three key shifts: the changing role of [...]
The launch event of the RETHINKING Alzheimer's disease White Paper, calling for change in Alzheimer's care, will take place virtually on 24 January 2023 at 12:30 - 14:00. About Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that progresses in stages, beginning with a long silent phase before symptoms occur. It is the underlying cause [...]
On 14 November, the EU Health Coalition published a vision for European health, supported by a set of concrete recommendations and policy proposals designed to make it happen. The Coalition is a multi-stakeholder initiative exploring the future of healthcare in Europe. The recommendations were officially launched in Brussels at the third EU Health Summit: Towards an [...]
On 11-12 October 2022, the European Brain Council was pleased to host its second in-person Brain Innovation Days in Brussels. Held in conjunction with the Final Conference of the European Brain Research Area, the Days brought together the main circle of influence in the brain sector, with key players in the brain research and [...]
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a major unmet medical need that requires innovation to be aligned with public health needs. It represents between 60% and 70% of the dementia cases. It is still diagnosed too late when the symptoms become evident as the disease progresses. AD is now portrayed as continuum consisting of 3 stages: [...]
11 October 2022 | On the occasion of the 2nd in-person Brain Innovation Days, the newly-formed European Brain Foundation (EBF) — an independent multidisciplinary and multistakeholder charity whose founding members represent leading European neurological, neurosurgical, and psychiatric clinical societies as well as neuroscience research and patient organisations — was officially launched. Born from the [...]
On 26 September 2022, in the framework of the Science Summit at the 77th United Nations General Assembly, the European Brain Council and Cohen Veterans Bioscience, in partnership with the Brain Capital Alliance and OECD Neuroscience-inspired Policy Initiative convened a meeting on Global Partnerships in Brain Research in New York, USA. Bringing leaders in neuroscience [...]
The Brain Innovation Days are just one month away, taking place in Brussels on 11-12 October 2022. The programme is final, the applications processed and we are so excited to bring you one-and-a-half days of high-level brain innovation. Join us in Brussels to: Be part of the circle of influence in the brain sector & network with [...]
Update: On 23 September, EBC received word from the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) that the proposal to expand the mental health thematic network to encompass brain health as a whole was not selected among the top four that will be launched in the EU Health [...]
