B1MG launches Stakeholder Portal
24 November 2020
This November, the Beyond 1 Million Genome project (B1MG) launched a stakeholder coordination portal.
The latest news and events from ECRIN and its partners
Remembering Professor Gert-Jan van Ommen
12 November 2020
We join our colleagues at BBMRI in remembering Gert-Jan van Ommen.
ECRIN to support the coordination of European Adaptive Platform Trials on COVID-19
10 November 2020
ECRIN joins the European project RECoVER (Rapid European SARS-CoV-2 Emergency Research response) to partake in the expansion of the REMAP-CAP for COVID and lead the European coordination mechanism for RECoVER and EU-Response, OCToPUs (Organisation for COVID19 trials Platforms in eUrope). Launched in February 2020, the RECOVER project, an EU Horizon 2020 funded project (GA 101003589), aims to advance knowledge for clinical and public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 3rd CRIGH General Assembly
4 November 2020
The General Assembly of the Clinical Research Initiative for Global Health Consortium (CRIGH) went virtual for its 3rd edition.
Continued dedication to open access resources for COVID-19 research
3 November 2020
Data sharing in clinical research can be justified on scientific, economic and ethical grounds: it can help to ensure more accurate science, reduce duplication and allow better use of funding as well as maximise the impact of trial participants. ECRIN, a signatory of the Manifesto for EU COVID-19 Research, continues to develop resources to aid clinical researchers in their search for treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.
EOSC-Life Open Call for projects sharing data, tools and workflows in the cloud
29 October 2020
EOSC-Life (European Open Science Cloud) has launched its first Digital Life Sciences Open Call for projects sharing data, tools and workflows in the cloud.
AMRI identifies actions to optimize research related to biomarker development for COVID-19
26 October 2020
The Alliance of Medical Research Infrastructures (AMRI) published an article on biomarker research and development for COVID-19 which focuses on the need to coordinate efforts globally and outlines actions that answer 5 strategic objectives set forth by AMRI.
Register for the Personlised Medicine ELSA Workshop
22 October 2020
Registration is now open for the EULAC PerMed ELSA Workshop. The workshop aims to share insights on ethical legal and socials issues as they relate to research and implementation of personalised medicine in Europe and in Latin America and the Caribbean.
PERMIT project abstract selected for Cochrane special edition
12 October 2020
The PERMIT project aims to build recommendations forrobust and reproducible personalised medicine research. A first stage of the project focuses on performing a review of existing literature to map existing methodologies and identify gaps and opportunities for recommendations.
Further harmonisation of clinical trial regulations to advance research on COVID-19
29 September 2020
The need for safe and effective COVID-19 treatments requires the capacity to conduct multinational clinical trials to test and compare existing and new therapies and vaccines.
CONSORT develops a checklist and guidelines for reporting in randomized platform trials (adaptive design)
29 September 2020
The Consolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) group published an extension for the reporting guidelines which takes into consideration the adaptive design of platform trials.
ELSI Services for Life Science research (video)
25 September 2020
As modern life science research is happening across scientific disciplines, individual scientists, single labs and across country borders, it often lacks some of the expertise required to address all aspects of a research question.
ERIC-Forum Policy Brief: Funding models for access to ERIC multinational/transnational services
24 September 2020
ERIC-Forum published a brief, entitled “Funding models for access to ERIC multinational / transnational services” which focuses on the funding instruments that allow ERICs to provide access to services
Joint Statement on Horizon Europe Cancer Mission
23 September 2020
Every European citizen is affected by cancer, either directly or indirectly. In that perspective The European Commission wrote the interim report ‘Conquering Cancer: Mission Possible’, aiming to deliver concrete solutions on this matter.
EU-RESPONSE, a new tool in ECRIN’s arsenal to fight COVID-19
18 September 2020
The launch of EU-RESPONSE, a 5-year, €15,7M multinational project, funded by the European Unions’ Horizon 2020 research and innovation program for the design and implementation of a new European adaptive platform trial on COVID-19 is yet another demonstration of the central role that the European
Open call for MedTech SMEs looking at solutions for COVID19
15 September 2020
Three Open Innovation Testbed (OITB) projects TBMED, MDOT and SAFE-N-MEDTECH are working together to provide services to accompany innovators with their solutions to fight COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has put SMEs at risk, as a result of the economic slowdown.
New recommendations on clinical trial preparedness in paediatrics
7 September 2020
The EMA published new recommendations on clinical trial preparedness in paediatrics in August 2020, a result of a European Network of Paediatric Research (Enpr-EMA) working group.