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First European-wide research strategy to tackle Alzheimer's and other Neurodegenerative DiseasesResearch leaders and stakeholders from across Europe will gather today in Brussels for the launch of a European-wide strategy to coordinate and prioritize research aimed at tackling the enormous challenge of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. 07 February 2012
Neuro Film Festival 2012Now in its third year, the Neuro Film Festival is a contest by the American Academy of Neurology Foundation to help raise awareness about why more research is needed to cure brain diseases. You can vote for your favourite film until 8th March. 01 March 2012
European Citizens' InitiativeEuropean citizens' initiative allows one million EU citizens to participate directly in the development of EU policies, by calling on the European Commission to make a legislative proposal. 08 February 2012
JPND at the 27th Alzheimer's Disease International Conference, LondonJPND will be represented at the Conference Exhibition on Thursday and Friday, March 8th-9th. Visit stand S13. 23 February 2012
MHRA welcomes a new Director of Medical DevicesJohn Wilkinson OBE joins the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) as Director of Medical Devices this week. 08 February 2012
Playing Against Time: a film about Parkinson's Disease and MusicThe 75 min Documentary 'Playing Against Time' will be transmitted on BBC4 TV at 9pm on the 19th February, followed immediately at 10.15pm by Barbara Thompson in Concert - a 15 minute program featuring two of Barbara's compositions - 'Stairways' from the Bracknell Jazz Festival in 1979 and 'Breathless' from the Stuttgart concert filmed in 2005, and taken from the DVD release 'Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia Live '05'. 22 February 2012
European Medicines Agency releases good pharmacovigilance practice modules for public consultationThe European Medicines Agency has released the first batch of modules on good pharmacovigilance practices (GVP) for public consultation until 18 April 2012. Each of the seven modules released today covers one major process in the safety monitoring of medicines. 22 February 2012
EU Health Prize for Journalists 2011: 'Deep Brain Stimulation - Awakening from depression'Gerard Bevers is the first depression sufferer in the Netherlands to be treated with deep brain stimulation. The "pacemaker" for the brain works wonderfully, according to patients. 14 February 2012
Neurology time bomb warning from charitiesParkinson's UK has joined with the MS Society and the MND Association to warn that a neurology time bomb will catch the NHS unawares, unless urgent action is taken. 19 January 2012
MEP urges European policymakers to fully support the 2012 European Year of active ageingFollowing the first-ever debate on Parkinson's disease to be held in the European parliament, Frieda Brepoels, MEP - who co-hosted the event with Linda McAvan, MEP, and the European Parkinson's Disease Association (EPDA) - has urged European policymakers to fully support the 2012 European Year of active ageing. 23 January 2012

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