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The "Societal Impact of Pain" (SIP) is an international platform created in 2009 as a joint initiative of the European Pain Federation EFIC® and the pharmaceutical company Grünenthal GmbH.

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The first edition of the BMP Grant which had the theme of Overcoming Problems In Access To Treatments awarded three different projects.

Read about the outcomes of the project that won the first ed…

The first edition of the BMP Grant which had the theme of Overcoming Problems In Access To Treatments awarded three different projects.…

Coinciding with the 2020 European Cancer Summit, the European Cancer Organisation’s Survivorship and Quality of Life Network presented their “Free from Cancer: Achieving Quality of Life for All Cancer Patients and Survivors” paper.

SIP contributed to European Cancer Organisation’s publicatio…

Coinciding with the 2020 European Cancer Summit, the European Cancer Organisation’s Survivorship and Quality of Life Network presented their “Free fro…

Watch the interview with Brona Fullen and Joop van Griensven.

Brona Fullen & Joop Van Griensven on their backgrounds, thou…

Watch the interview with Brona Fullen and Joop van Griensven.

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Tuesday, 26th January 2021
The Brain Innovation Days Pitch Competition is open to everyone – student, entrepreneur, startup – as long as the project is feasible and in the brain innovation area. This is a unique opportunity to win new financial & strategic opportunities and to provide outstanding visibility to your project. A jury consisting of representatives from the European Brain Council (EBC), beLean.net, and external brain experts will select the most innovative project. Due to the variety of stakeholders attending the event (policymakers, investors/funders, clinicians, researchers, industry representatives, patients, and more), the winner of the Brain Innovation Days Pitch Competition will be exposed to an exciting, wide range of opportunities. Visit the Brain Innovation Days website.

Brain Innovation Days: From Innovative Ideas to Creative Brain Intervention

The Brain Innovation Days Pitch Competition is open to everyone – student, entrepreneur, startup – as long as the project is feasible and…

Wednesday, 24th February 2021
This is the third and last in a sequence of three on the same title ‘The Specialist Nurse in European Healthcare towards 2030’, emphasizing the importance of harmonised education and recognition in the European context. This is to be held on the 24, 25, and 26th of February 2021 and as an integrative activity in the ESNO nurses campaign #Caring4Nurses. More info here.

ESNO Congress 2021

This is the third and last in a sequence of three on the same title ‘The Specialist Nurse in European Healthcare towards 2030’, emphasizi…

Wednesday, 10th March 2021
World Psychiatric Association (WPA) decided to transform the 20th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry, ‘Psychiatry in a troubled world’ to a virtual congress to be held from 10-13 March 2021. Find out more here.

20th World Psychiatry Congress

World Psychiatric Association (WPA) decided to transform the 20th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry, ‘Psychiatry in a troubled world’ to a…

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