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Clinical Trials Methodology Demonstration Projects - EJP RD Internal Call for Proposals 2019

The Clinical Trials Methodology Demonstration Projects Call of the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP RD) project is now open. Please note that this call is open only for teams from…...

Calls

Rare diseases

Partner News: ICPerMed State of the Art Report 2018

14 November 2019 – The ICPerMed State of the Art Report 2018 has now been published. The report resumes ICPerMed activities performed in the second year since the establishment of the consortium:…...

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Personalised Medicine

Interview with Dr Pirkko Lepola PedCRIN consortium member (HUS, Finland)

As part of our series of interview with the PedCRIN Consortium members, we had the pleasure of speaking with Pirkko Lepola from the Department of Children and Adolescents of the Helsinki University…...

Interview

Paediatric

Regulatory & Ethics

New TRANSVAC2 Calls: Training and Vaccine Development Services

TRANSVAC Training Modules OPEN CALL | Submit your application for TRANSVAC Courses now M4 Validity and translational aspects of animal models in vaccine research In brief: This course is designed to…...

Calls

Training

Vaccine

EFPIA & EFGCP Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on Paediatric Unmet Medical Needs, 12 December 2019, Hotel NH Schiphol, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The workshop will be the opportunity to exchange opinions and develop mutually acceptable criteria for joint and informed decision making on paediatric medical needs by all stakeholders including…...

Event

Paediatric

Patients

New Publication on LIVERHOPE-Safety Trial

ECRIN is pleased to announce that a new article has been published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology entitled 'Safety of two different doses of simvastatin plus rifaximin in decompensated…...

Hepatology / gastroenterology

News

Deadline Extended: Call for Applications – EMMRI Third Edition (31 Oct. 2019)

The Executive Masters in Management of Research Infrastructures (EMMRI) is now taking applications for the third edition, which will start in March 2020. EMMRI is an international management…...

Calls

News

Research Infrastructures

European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP-RD) Support Office Now Online

The European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP-RD) project has just launched an online Support Office. One of the types of assistance offered is 'Clinical Study support'. This support is intended…...

Communications & Outreach

Rare diseases

ICPerMed Vison Paper published: How can personalised approaches pave the way to next-generation medicine?

ICPerMed has developed a vision of how the use of personalised medicine approaches will promote 'next-generation' medicine in 2030, more firmly centred on the individual’s personal characteristics,…...

Communications & Outreach

Personalised Medicine

New Publication: 'Prospective cohort study of early biosignatures of response to lithium in bipolar‑I‑disorders: overview of the H2020‑funded R‑LiNK initiative'

A new paper has been published in the International Journal of Bipolar Disorders entitled 'Prospective cohort study of early biosignatures of response to lithium in bipolar-I-disorders: overview of…...

News

Neuroscience

Interview with Dr. Donato Bonifazi, PedCRIN consortium member (CVBF, Italy)

Dr. Donato Bonifazi As part of our series of interviews with the PedCRIN Consortium members, we had the pleasure to speak with Donato Bonifazi to ask him about the role of Consorzio per Valutazioni…...

EULAC-PerMed August 2019 Newsletter (Issue 1)

The first EULAC-PerMed project newsletter has now been published. The newsletter provides a detailed overview of project goals, members and organisation, and features a statement from the coordinator…...

Communications & Outreach

Personalised Medicine

Worldwide collaboration

ECRIN Internal Summer School in Balatonfüred, Hungary

ECRIN is holding its annual internal Summer School from 11 to 13 September 2019 in Balatonfüred, Hungary. Organised by ECRIN's Hungarian scientific partner, HECRIN, the event features talks on…...

Communications & Outreach

National partner news

EOSC-Life 'FAIR Enough' Meeting in Brussels

ECRIN co-organised the 'FAIR Enough' meeting in Brussels from 4 to 5 September 2019 as part of the EOSC-Life project. The goal was to align partner strategies and project initiatives regarding FAIR…...

Data interoperability

Data sharing & management

Event

Economic Forum in Krynica, Poland

ECRIN's Director General, Jacques Demotes, is participating in the Economic Forum in Krynica, Poland, from 3 to 5 September 2019. Poland is ECRIN's newest observer country, having joined the…...

Communications & Outreach

National partner news

PERMIT Project on Methodological Standards for Personalised Medicine Now Funded

The PERsonalised MedicIne Trials (‘PERMIT’) project on methodological standards for personalised medicine research has received a positive funding decision from Horizon 2020 (grant agreement number…...

Personalised Medicine

Poland Joins ECRIN as an Observer Country

ECRIN is pleased to announce that Poland has officially joined as an observer country. The Polish Medical Research Agency will be the national scientific partner. The addition of Poland brings ECRIN…...

Communications & Outreach

National partner news

IMI Newsletter Features Update on 'MACUSTAR' Trial

The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) published its July 2019 newsletter. An update is provided on the ECRIN-supported trial 'MACUSTAR' (Dry age-related macular degeneration: Development of novel…...

Clinical trial portfolio

Ophthalmology

Better Medicines for Children, A DIA/EFGCP Conference 16-17 Sep 2019, Netherlands

Better Medicines for Children, a DIA/EFGCP Conference to be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on September 16 & 17, 2019. The conference will focus on two major developments currently affecting…...

Event

Paediatric

ECRIN is looking for a new European Correspondent for Spain

ECRIN is recruiting a European Correspondent for Spain, to be based in Barcelona, within ECRIN's Spanish scientific national partner, FCRB. For more information, please click here...

Communications & Outreach

National partner news

Interview with Tessa van der Geest PedCRIN consortium member (RadboudUMC, The Netherlands)

Dr. Tessa van der Geest As part of our series of interviews with the PedCRIN Consortium members, we had the pleasure to speak with Tessa van der Geest to ask about the role of Radboud University…...

Interview

Paediatric

EU-CELAC Exchange Meeting

The EU-CELAC working group on Research Infrastructures was created within the framework of the EU-CELAC Joint Initiative on Research and Innovation, with the purpose of sharing insight on research…...

Research Infrastructures

Worldwide collaboration

Towards the ESFRI Roadmap 2021: Call for Proposals Will be Launched Soon

ESFRI, holding a key role in policy making on Research Infrastructures invites and welcomes the research community to engage and participate in the process of updating the Roadmap by submitting…...

Calls

Research Infrastructures

EULAC PerMed Upcoming Events

In Madrid – November 7-8, 2019 The first edition of the EULAC PerMed ‘Summer School’, organised by the EULAC PerMed consortium in collaboration with the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), will…...

Event

Personalised Medicine

Worldwide collaboration

EFPIA, EATRIS, ELIXIR, BBMRI, ECRIN statement on the role of research infrastructures to boost patient-centred research and innovation in Europe

The European Union has invested heavily in health research. Since the early 2000’s it has supported the creation of European Research Infrastructures (pan-European organisations devoted to health…...

News

Research Infrastructures

2018 Annual Report Now Online

ECRIN is proud to announce that it has now published its 2018 annual report. You will find information on ECRIN's history, highlights from 2018, and an overview of the organisation and its activities…...

Communications & Outreach

EURORDIS Summer School on Medicines Research & Development

ECRIN participated in the EURORDIS Summer School from 10 to 14 June 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. EURORDIS Summer School is a capacity building programme for patient representatives and researchers on…...

Training

Research Infrastructures

ECRIN data center certification call 2022

Launch of 2019 Data Centre Certification Call

ECRIN has now launched the 2019 call for its Data Centre Certification programme. This programme identifies non-commercial clinical trials units (CTUs) in Europe that have demonstrated they can…...

Calls

Data Centre Certification

New TRANSVAC2 Calls: Training Modules & Vaccine Development Services

5th Call for TRANSVAC2 Training Modules M10 - Assay Development and Validation-Application of SPR Technologies in Vaccine development and manufacturing Venue: Fraunhofer IME, Aachen Germany Dates: 10…...

Calls

Training

FAIR PARK II Clinical Trial - Newsletter n°35

FAIR PARK II (Conservative Iron Chelation as a Disease-Modifying Strategy in Parkinson's Disease), an ECRIN-supported clinical trial, has released its June 2019 newsletter. FairPark II is a major EU…...

Clinical trial portfolio

Neuroscience

EULAC PerMed Website Now Online

The EULAC PerMed (Widening EU-CELAC policy and research cooperation in Personalised Medicine) project website is now online. Financed by the European Horizon 2020 programme*, EuLac-PerMed is a…...

Communications & Outreach

Worldwide collaboration

Slovakia Celebrates 'ICTD' 2019

The Slovak International Clinical Trials Day (ICTD) 2019 took place on May 30th, 2019 in Bratislava with the participation of ECRIN's Director General, Jacques Demotes, and leaders of national…...

Communications & Outreach

International Clinical Trial Day

National partner news

HRB CRCI International Clinical Trials Day Celebration: Slides Available

Health Research Board Clinical Research Coordination Ireland (HRB CRCI) hosted a conference to celebrate International Clinical Trials Day (ICTD) 2019. The theme of the event, which was held on May…...

Communications & Outreach

International Clinical Trial Day

National partner news

International Clinical Trials Day (ICTD) Held in Paris on May 20th

Pictured, from left to right: Olivier Rascol (Coordinator, F-CRIN), Jacques Demotes (Director General, ECRIN), Gérard Larcher (President of the Senate), Gilles Bloch (CEO of Inserm), Vincent Diebolt …...

Communications & Outreach

Event

International Clinical Trial Day

ECRAID-plan Consortium and Working Group Meeting

The ECRAID-plan Consortium and Working Group meeting took place from May 20-21st in Amsterdam. The objectives of the consortium meeting were to: • Share insights from internal and external analysis…...

Event

Infectious diseases

News

Press Release: International Clinical Trials Day 2019: Patient stratification studies: challenges and opportunities

Press Release – Paris, May 2019. The European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network (ECRIN) and its French scientific partner, the French Clinical Research Infrastructure Network (F-CRIN), are…...

Communications & Outreach

Event

International Clinical Trial Day

TRANSVAC: Deadline Extension for 4th Call for Training Modules

In April 2019 TRANSVAC2 launched a fourth call for Training Modules (M6, M7 and M9) offered by the TRANSVAC2 project. The deadline has been extended to 1 June 2019. For more information, see below:…...

Calls

News

The WE Study – PedCRIN FUNDED TRIAL COMMENCES RECRUITMENT IN EUROPE

The PedCRIN funded WE Study (Walking Easier with cerebral palsy) is a double blind placebo controlled randomized trial in children between 4-17 years. This trial will enrol 96 children in three…...

Clinical trial portfolio

News

Paediatric

Joint European Neonatal Societies Congress (jENS) 2019

The Congress of join European Neonatal Societies (jENS 2019) represents a renowned international event during which neonatologists and neonatal care professionals from around the world gain…...

Event

Paediatric

ECRIN CAMPUS Regulatory & Ethical Database is Back Online

ECRIN 'CAMPUS' is back online! Developed as part of the 'ECRIN-IA'* project, CAMPUS is a central resource for information about clinical trial regulatory and ethical requirements covering 22 European…...

Communications & Outreach

Regulatory & Ethics

Tools

Training for Data Management Centre Certification Auditors

ECRIN held a training session for auditors involved in its Data Management (DM) Centre Certification programme on 10 April 2019 in Paris. The goal was to ensure that auditors are continuously…...

Data Centre Certification

Training

POPART – PedCRIN Funded Trial Commences Recruitment in Europe

The PedCRIN-funded trial POPART (Prophylactic Oropharyngeal Surfactant for Preterm infant: A Randomised Trial) has started recruiting outside Ireland - the sponsor country. This trial will enrol 250…...

Clinical trial portfolio

News

Paediatric

TRANSVAC: European Vaccine Research and Development Infrastructure - Open Call for Vaccine Development Services

The TRANSVAC2 project offers high-quality technical services to support the development of prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for both human and animal use. These services are not restricted to…...

Calls

Immune disorders

Vaccine

Press Release: The EOSC-Life project develops an open collaborative space for digital biology in Europe

The 13 ESFRI research infrastructures in the Health and Food domain today start the EOSC-Life project to create an open collaborative digital space for life science in the European Open Science Cloud....

Data interoperability

Data sharing & management

The POPART Trial: Prophylactic Oropharyngeal Surfactant For Preterm Infants: A Randomised Trial

Prof. Colm O’Donnell Colm O’Donnell is a neonatologist and a professor at the National Maternity Hospital & Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital; University College Dublin; Director of Clinical Research,…...

Clinical trial portfolio

Interview

Paediatric

MiRoR Project: Student Hosting

Since early January 2019, ECRIN has been hosting two Marie Curie Research Fellows (Methods in Research on Research, or MiRoR project) at its Paris office. MiRoR is an innovative and ambitious joint…...

Training

Press Release: Medical Research Infrastructures - BBMRI, EATRIS, ECRIN - sign long-term collaboration agreement

The Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI), the European Research Infrastructure for Translational Medicine (EATRIS) and the European Clinical Research Infrastructure…...

Communications & Outreach

EU-AMRI

Research Infrastructures

News

Partner News: ICPerMed Recognition 2020

EU Patient- cEntric clinicAl tRial pLatform Kick-Off MEeting

EJP RD Joint Transnational Call 2020

Clinical Trials Methodology Demonstration Projects - EJP RD Internal Call for Proposals 2019

Partner News: ICPerMed State of the Art Report 2018

Interview with Dr Pirkko Lepola PedCRIN consortium member (HUS, Finland)

New TRANSVAC2 Calls: Training and Vaccine Development Services

EFPIA & EFGCP Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on Paediatric Unmet Medical Needs, 12 December 2019, Hotel NH Schiphol, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

New Publication on LIVERHOPE-Safety Trial

Deadline Extended: Call for Applications – EMMRI Third Edition (31 Oct. 2019)

European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP-RD) Support Office Now Online

ICPerMed Vison Paper published: How can personalised approaches pave the way to next-generation medicine?

New Publication: 'Prospective cohort study of early biosignatures of response to lithium in bipolar‑I‑disorders: overview of the H2020‑funded R‑LiNK initiative'

Interview with Dr. Donato Bonifazi, PedCRIN consortium member (CVBF, Italy)

EULAC-PerMed August 2019 Newsletter (Issue 1)

ECRIN Internal Summer School in Balatonfüred, Hungary

EOSC-Life 'FAIR Enough' Meeting in Brussels

Economic Forum in Krynica, Poland

PERMIT Project on Methodological Standards for Personalised Medicine Now Funded

Poland Joins ECRIN as an Observer Country

IMI Newsletter Features Update on 'MACUSTAR' Trial

Better Medicines for Children, A DIA/EFGCP Conference 16-17 Sep 2019, Netherlands

ECRIN is looking for a new European Correspondent for Spain

Interview with Tessa van der Geest PedCRIN consortium member (RadboudUMC, The Netherlands)

EU-CELAC Exchange Meeting

Towards the ESFRI Roadmap 2021: Call for Proposals Will be Launched Soon

EULAC PerMed Upcoming Events

EFPIA, EATRIS, ELIXIR, BBMRI, ECRIN statement on the role of research infrastructures to boost patient-centred research and innovation in Europe

2018 Annual Report Now Online

EURORDIS Summer School on Medicines Research & Development

Launch of 2019 Data Centre Certification Call

New TRANSVAC2 Calls: Training Modules & Vaccine Development Services

FAIR PARK II Clinical Trial - Newsletter n°35

EULAC PerMed Website Now Online

Slovakia Celebrates 'ICTD' 2019

HRB CRCI International Clinical Trials Day Celebration: Slides Available

International Clinical Trials Day (ICTD) Held in Paris on May 20th

ECRAID-plan Consortium and Working Group Meeting

Press Release: International Clinical Trials Day 2019: Patient stratification studies: challenges and opportunities

TRANSVAC: Deadline Extension for 4th Call for Training Modules

The WE Study – PedCRIN FUNDED TRIAL COMMENCES RECRUITMENT IN EUROPE

Joint European Neonatal Societies Congress (jENS) 2019

ECRIN CAMPUS Regulatory & Ethical Database is Back Online

Training for Data Management Centre Certification Auditors

POPART – PedCRIN Funded Trial Commences Recruitment in Europe

TRANSVAC: European Vaccine Research and Development Infrastructure - Open Call for Vaccine Development Services

Press Release: The EOSC-Life project develops an open collaborative space for digital biology in Europe

The POPART Trial: Prophylactic Oropharyngeal Surfactant For Preterm Infants: A Randomised Trial

MiRoR Project: Student Hosting

Press Release: Medical Research Infrastructures - BBMRI, EATRIS, ECRIN - sign long-term collaboration agreement