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Prof. Claudia Sommer, incoming Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Neurology (starting July 2025) talks about her plans for the journal's future, as part of our series celebrating its 30th anniversary.

The EAN is pleased to announce that Prof. Claudia Sommer will be the next Editor-in-Chief of our flagship journal, the European Journal of Neurology. Read about her plans for the journal, here.

EAN President, Prof. Elena Moro, looks back at some highlights of a successful 10th anniversary year for the EAN, and ahead to some exciting plans for 2025.

Each month the eanNews editorial team reviews the scientific press for recently published papers of outstanding interest to neurologists. Here we present our selection for December 2024.

Our paper of the month highlights the findings of the stage 2 interim analysis from the first cycle of MND SMART, a phase 3, multi-arm, randomised, adaptive platform trial conducted across 20 centres in the UK.

The EAN welcomes the European Medicine Agency’s decision to approve lecanemab for the treatment of early Alzheimer's disease, which provides a much-needed treatment opportunity for this devastating condition.

It is with profound sadness that we announce the loss of Prof. Giancarlo Comi, former president of the European Neurological Society (ENS), a leading figure in the neurological community, and an inspiring example to neurologists and researchers worldwide.

The EAN is pleased to announce the establishment of the European Journal of Neurology Jes Olesen Award, recognising exceptional research in the field of neurology and related specialties.

The EAN is involved in the session 'Headache burden: the professionals’ and patients’ perspective' at the European Headache Congress on 4 December.

Our successful 2024 Advocacy Training participants talk about their experience and how the training has equipped them to champion brain health!

RRFS study provides insight into how junior neurologists across Europe perceive their access to training and certification in neurosonology, underlining the need for a more standardised approach.

As part of the EAN's mission to strengthen connections with its full institutional members, we interviewed leaders from various national neurological societies across Europe and beyond.

Young neurologists are invited to test and prove their preparation in next year's European Board Exam in Neurology, which will be held online on 9-10 May (oral) and 16 May (written) 2025.

Two esteemed Turkish colleagues, Prof. Nilda Turgut and Dr. Emel Ersöz passed away as a result of a tragic traffic accident during the 4th International Balkan Neurology and Neuroscience Congress in Tekirdağ on 11 October 2024.