23 May: The EPAD project holds its General Assembly Meeting in Amsterdam

This year, the European Prevention of Alzheimer’s Dementia (EPAD) General Assembly meeting was held in Amsterdam (The Nerthelands), under the banner “How to assure sustainability”. It was hosted by VUmc and kindly sponsored by VUmc, Amgen, Novartis and Janssen. The meeting gathered more than 180 attendees and provided an excellent opportunity to discuss the results obtained so far and what the project wants to achieve by the end of this year and beyond.

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24 May: Sweden launches national dementia strategy

On 24 May in Stockholm Lena Hallengren, the Swedish Minister for Children, the Elderly and Gender Equality, announced the Swedish Government’s decision to launch a national dementia strategy for Sweden with the overall ambition of equality in care for persons with dementia.

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28 May: France makes move to stop reimbursement of treatments for Alzheimer’s disease

The French Minister of Health, Agnès Buzyn has announced that the four drugs used to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease will no longer be reimbursed by the French Government. This article looks at some of the reactions from France Alzheimer and scientific organisations.

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30 May: European Commission adopts legislative proposal for a new European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)

Following the adoption of the new Multiannual Financial Framework for the period 2021-2027 on 2 May, the European Commission (EC)  has adopted a legislative proposal for a new European Social Fund Plus (ESF+).

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