Project PANACEA – improving HCP understanding of placebo and nocebo effects

The European communities of science, healthcare, and health education are warmly invited to attend the Final Conference of PANACEA (“Special Needs by Placebo”: Programme to Advise, Normalise And Control its European Administration), taking place on 5th November 2025 in Brussels.

This important event marks the conclusion of the PANACEA Erasmus+ project, coordinated by the University of Bologna, which over the past three years has led a unique and much-needed effort to bring placebo and nocebo education into the core of medical and health sciences curricula across Europe.

The conference will bring together educators, researchers, clinicians, policy-makers, and students to reflect on the project’s outcomes, celebrate key achievements, and chart the way forward for integrating ethically sound, scientifically grounded knowledge of placebo and nocebo mechanisms into clinical education and practice.

Educators from across Europe are warmly invited to join the event virtually or in person, and contribute to this pan-European conversation on placebo and nocebo education.

More information on the event website.