SIP Portugal will host on Thursday 16 March 2022 a virtual event on the societal impact of pain in employment. Attendees will be able to learn about the impact and the challenges that employees with chronic pain face. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TO THE EVENT. Download the...
International Women’s Day (IWD) is recognised worldwide on March 8th, 2023. The aim of IWD is to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, as well as a call to action for gender equality. The 2023 theme is: #EmbraceEquity. The pain...
The theme for #EFIC2023 is ‘Personalised Pain Management: The Future Is Now’. There is increasing evidence that personalised pain management is required to fit individual aspects of each patient with chronic pain. Individualised pain management, the prediction of a...
Cristian Silviu Busoi MEP and Alex Agius Saliba MEP invite you to a panel discussion on The Future of European Pain Research Tuesday, 21 March 2023 – 11:15-12:50 CET European Parliament – JAN 6Q1 Featuring experts from the European Pain Federation EFIC and...
Update on the progress of IMI-PainCare, a public-private partnership supported by the European Union to improve the care of patients with acute or chronic pain. EFIC is one of about 40 partners of this consortium (www.imi-paincare.eu): We are now entering the final...
With the European Commission developing a European Mental Health Strategy in 2023, SIP submitted an answer to the EC Road Map for the European Mental Health Strategy earlier this month. Find out more: SIP EC Response Mental Health and Pain_14_2_23. SIP’s main...
On 21 February 2023, the SIP team had the chance to virtually meet with the office of MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen (EPP, Finland). The SIP team used this opportunity to speak about: The relevance of the European Health Data Space for the pain community Digital health and...
Aim The aim of the PANDOS Research Group is to improve pain management and perioperative opioid use after surgery. The first objective is to conduct the PANDOS study, which will document opioid use in Europe and describe its association with adverse events and...
Welcome to the SIP PT website! We are delighted and proud to announce the launch of the official website of the National Platform SIP PT! Share it with your contact networks and/or social networks.The creation of the SIP PT Website is one of the results of the...
1 in 3 people will develop shingles in their lifetime[i], yet an average of 66% of people believe they are at low risk of developing shingles and 27% of people aren’t aware of their risk of developing shingles in the next 10 years[ii]. Shingles typically presents as...
The first SIP National Platform call of 2023 took place on Wednesday 8th February. During the meeting, participants had the opportunity to: Discuss SIP National Platform key milestones; Discuss SIP Plans, Policy objectives, and Priorities for 2023; Hear about the...
In 2021, under the umbrella of the European Pain Federation (EFIC), a gathering of nine European scientific societies and a leading patients’ organisation published new clinical recommendations for opioid use in treating chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP). The full paper...
World Cancer Day is an annual campaign by the Union for International Cancer Control. It was created on 4 February 2000 to help unite the cancer community to reduce the global cancer burden, and advocate for equal access to life-saving cancer diagnosis, treatment and...
Earlier this year, EFIC Research Projects Advisor Mary O’Keeffe attended the kick-off meeting for “PANACEA: Special Needs by Placebo: Programme to Advise, Normalize And Control its European Administration” in Madrid, where the project structure and plan were...
Are you or any of your colleagues developing new tools or technologies for pain management in a pre-commercial phase? Register for #EFIC2023 and join the EFIC Pain Tech Forum. This is your chance to: Showcase your project – EFIC will have a dedicated space for...
