Research

IMI PainCare: Scientific meeting of the consortium in October 2022

Dec 5, 2022

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): The IMI-PainCare consortium met...

World Diabetes Day: 14 November 2022

Nov 14, 2022

About World Diabetes Day In 1991, World Diabetes Day was established by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organisation in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by diabetes. Diabetes affects 8.5% of the total...

An Update on EFIC Research Collaborations

Oct 25, 2022

IMI Pain-Care: IMI-PainCare is a large multi-stakeholder consortium funded via the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 programme, which receives funding from the European Commission and the pharmaceutical industry. IMI-PainCare aims to develop alignment on patient...

Participate in the EFIC Research Strategy Survey

Oct 18, 2022

At the beginning of the year, EFIC kicked off the work on our pain research strategy working with a multidisciplinary steering committee. The pain strategy will serve as a foundation stone for European pain research plans for years to come. The overall vision will be...

Apply for the EFIC-Grünenthal Grant (E-G-G) 2023

Jun 22, 2022

Are you an early career scientist looking to launch your career in pain research? Then be sure to submit your innovative research project in the area of chronic pain to be considered for a research grant from this prestigious scheme! The E-G-G is awarded by the...

Pain in Older People – Article by Gisele Pickering, EFIC Research Committee Chair

Jun 9, 2022

Professor Gisele Pickering, former EFIC President Harald Breivik and various other opinion leaders in pain research have contributed to the publication Managing Pain in Older People, a special issue of Managing Pain in Practice.  Gisele’s contribution is on the...