Events

University Claude Bernard Lyon - Eudipharm, OrphanDev (part of ECRIN's French national partner, the French Clinical Research Infrastructure Network or F-CRIN), and F-CRIN's training and education unit are co-organising the 4th edition of the training course on 'Orphan drug & rare disease - Accelerating access to therapeutic innovation'.

While the methodology remains the main focus of the programme, this year will also be the opportunity to address in particular the European Medicines Agency (EMA) tools in drug development and the issues around personalised medicine.

The Italian Association of Contract Research Organizations (AICRO) is organising a meeting for International Pediatric Clinical Trial Day on the topic of 'Helping children create lives they deserve'. The event will take place on 9 May 2017 in Milan, Italy at San Raffaele Hospital.

The meeting is being organised in collaboration with San Raffaele Hospital, the TEDDY Network and INCiPiT (the Italian network for paediatric clinical trials).

The European Forum for Good Clinical Practice (EFGCP) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) are organising a multi-stakholder workshop on 'Communicating Clinical Trial Results to meet Public Needs - Working towards Implementation of Lay Summaries'. The event will be held on 2 May 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.

The Medical Infrastructure/Users Forum (MIUF) of the CORBEL project will be holding a third meeting in Paris on April 19th, 2017.

Composed of representatives with scientific and strategic expertise, the MIUF aims to be a key instrument for the efficient development and use of biomedical research in Europe. It will guide the development of shared services and support their incorporation within participating research infrastructures and partner institutions, laying a solid foundation for long-term cooperation.