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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9746

24 September 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/research/health
Council to recommend more effort on neurodegenerative diseases

Brussels, 23/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - The French initiative to bolster research on Alzheimer's disease, an Elysée priority, has not gone very far. Research ministers meeting on Friday 26 September at the Competitiveness Council, are due to adopt a raft of Council conclusions on “a common commitment from member states to fight neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's”. This text certainly recognises the pervasiveness of Alzheimer's disease, which accounts for 70% of all...

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