EFIR-GRUNENTHAL Grant Honors 7 Young Scientists for their groundbreaking Pain Research Ideas

摘要

The continuing Success Story on ResearchBRUSSELS and AACHEN, GERMANY- Pain is a common condition, which affects one in five adults in Europe. They have persistent or chronic pain, a condition which affects the everyday livesin improving pain patients' lives.of millions of people worldwide and which also poses a huge economic burden. Since 2004 the European Pain Federation EFIC~R has cooperated with the pharmaceutical company Griinenthal GmbH, to support up-and-coming pain scientists in translating their experimental project ideas into fundedpain research projects. The focus lies on novel ideas with potential for achieving major advances in the understanding of pain mechanisms and its treatment.