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The Lundbeck Foundation has announced the recipients of The Brain Prize 2024, the world’s largest award for outstanding contributions to neuroscience.

In July, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders (IGAP) in all six UN languages.

On 26 July, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the new editions of the Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc) which include important new medicines for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, cancer, infectious diseases, and cardiovascular conditions, among others.

The 3rd edition of the Brain Innovation Days, organised by the European Brain Council, will take place on 26-27 October 2023 in Brussels (Belgium) under the overarching theme 'The Brain in the 21st Century'.

Brain research and innovation in particular must be recognised, more than ever, as a health and research priority in the EU. Join the community's calls for a European Brain Research and Innovation Plan.

Registration is now open for the launch event of the RETHINKING Alzheimer’s disease White Paper, taking place virtually on 24 January 2023 at 12:30 – 14:00.

An EAN lecture will be held, on ‘Urogenital and other autonomic manifestations in neuroinflammatory disorders’ at the annula INUS congress in June.

On Sunday, 5 June, 15:00-16:30 there will be a joint EPA/EAN Live Session at the EPA Virtual Congress, with talks from Professor Bassetti, EAN President, and Professor Elena Moro, EAN Secretary General.

EAN constantly strives to enhance links with our National Neurological Society members. Here we would like to highlight two possibilities for further cooperation and support to engage with our National Neurological Society members.

On the occasion of Brain Awareness Week 2022, the EBC-led Value of Treatment project – currently in its second round – released results and calls to action.

After almost two years of planning and three digital events, the first ever, in-person Brain Innovation Days, led by the European Brain Council, took place on 12-13 October 2021 in Brussels, Belgium.

The European Academy of Neurology and the European Alzheimer's Disease Consortium hold a joint session on Wednesday, 1 December, 2021.

On 2 October, 2021, the Council of Delegates of the World Federation of Neurology elected Prof. Wolfgang Grisold to be their next president.

Call from the European Commission for a member representing health professionals and one alternate for the EMA's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC).

This year, at the upcoming 37th ECTRIMS congress, the ECTRIMS-EAN Session, chaired by Profs. Massimo Filippi, Mar Tintoré, Maria Pia Amato and Celia Oreja-Guevara, will discuss two key aspects of MS management: the consensus regarding vaccinations in people with MS and the updated guidelines for MS treatment.