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EU-AMRI launch event Brussels

EU-AMRI launched in Brussels

EU-AMRI, the European Alliance of Medical Research Infrastructures, was officially launched during a live broadcast from Brussels on 5 April 2022. This virtual launch event brought together important…...

Clinical trial success relies on effective patient recruitment – International Clinical Trials Day 2022

International Clinical Trial Day 2022 will be co-hosted by ECRIN (European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network) and its German scientific partner KKS-Netzwerk (the Network of Coordinating…...

International Clinical Trial Day

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PERMIT Implementation workshop

On 17 March, the PERMIT project held its Implementation Workshop. This workshop aimed to gather key stakeholders of the personalised medicine research pipeline, to discuss how to best disseminate and…...

Personalised Medicine

ISIDORe project

ISIDORe kick off meeting

ISIDORe – “Integrated Services for Infectious Disease Outbreak Research” was officially launched on the 24 February 2022. The 21M€ EU-funded large-scale project assembles an unprecedented One Health…...

Infectious diseases

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PERMIT 4th General Assembly

The PERMIT project hosted its 4th General Assembly on 4 February 2022. With the approval of the 6-month no-cost extension of the project, this meeting marks the beginning of the home stretch for the…...

Personalised Medicine

EDCTP and ECRIN partners

Partnering for the development of sustainable clinical research infrastructures and a skilled workforce in Africa

The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) and ECRIN will organise a virtual meeting entitled Partnering for the development of sustainable clinical research…...

Research Infrastructures

Worldwide collaboration

EUPATI and ECRIN strategic partnership

ECRIN and EUPATI set up strategic partnership

ECRIN has engaged in a strategic bilateral partnership with EUPATI, the European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation. With this collaboration, both ECRIN and EUPATI wish to elaborate on their…...

Supporting med-tech companies to win the innovation race: New TBMED video crosses the finish line

Medical device development, from conception to timely release to market, can be expensive and risky. This is particularly true for high-risk medical devices affected by the EU’s current Regulation…...

Medical devices

ERIC Forum

The ERIC Forum is pleased to announce the release of its second policy brief.

This policy brief, entitled ” Scaling-Up Research Projects Through ERICs: Impact of Big Science on The Research Ecosystem” showcases the pivotal role of Research Infrastructures (RIs) and ERICs in…...

Communications & Outreach

Research Infrastructures

IRDIRC project on rare diseases

IRDiRC publication on 10 years of progress

The International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC) is proud to announce the publication of a commentary on 10 years of progress and challenges of IRDiRC in the prestigious journal Nature…...

EU response and Recover join JAAM

New JAAM composition

The Joint Access Advisory Mechanism (JAAM) is the entryway for the European COVID-19 adaptive platform trials (APTs). It is the single body, common to the EU-SolidAct, REMAP-CAP and ECRAID Prime…...

ECRAID infectious diseases news

Launch of ECRAID-Prime

On January 19th, the ECRAID Prime project held its official kick-off meeting online. This ambitious project aims to establish a network for the implementation of an early phase platform trial for…...

Infectious diseases

FCRIN certifies 4 networks

F-CRIN certifies 4 new networks to join their structure

F-CRIN, ECRIN’s French national scientific partner, certified 4 new research and investigation networks on pathologies of national interest: Fraden, an atopic dermatitis research network PSYnet, a…...

National partner news

RI-VIS hosts Final meeting

On 17 January 2022 RI-VIS held its Final Meeting. The meeting celebrated the numerous accomplishments carried out by the project over the last 3 years. RI-VIS is a Horizon 2020 funded project…...

Research Infrastructures

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Sharing Clinical Trial Results with Pediatric Participants

Sharing results with paediatric trial participants and the general paediatric community at large in an age-appropriate manner is an area with limited practical guidance and limited literature on…...

NEW PUBLICATION ECRIN PERMIT

New publication: Biomarker discovery studies for patient stratification using machine learning analysis of omics data: a scoping review

The PERMIT project aims to share its findings at every stage. A first publication has been issued from the series of scoping reviews that were performed during the first year of the project. The…...

Personalised Medicine

CTIS joint event EMA and ECRIN

CTIS training event co-hosted by EMA & ECRIN

On 3 December 2021 EMA and ECRIN offered a joint training session to the ECRIN CTU community, Implementation of the Clinical Trial Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 for academia: Live demonstration of CTIS…...

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ECRIN hosted the e-workshop “Statistical environment for in-silico trials”

ECRIN hosted on the 6th of December the e-workshop “Statistical environment for in-silico trials”. The workshop was organised as part of the H2020 SIMCor project and was attended by 50 participants,…...

In sillico methods

YEAH event

Youngsters Engagement in Health Science Final Event (20 December 2021 at 5pm CET)

The YEAH event will be held on Monday, 20th of December at 5 pm CET. It is addressed to young people from YPAGs (Young Persons’ Advisory Groups), Patients Organizations and High Schools. Aim of the…...

ECRIN confirmed its ISO 9001:2015 certification in 2021

After its initial certification last year by the French Association for Standardisation (AFNOR), ECRIN has just completed its first follow-up audit and successfully confirmed its ISO 9001:2015…...

TransVac2 Call

Open Calls for TRANSVAC2 Vaccine Development Services and Trainings: Apply Now!

Developing a vaccine is a time-consuming and complex process, requiring a combination of specialized skills and technical capacities not readily available at a single organization. To enable access…...

EULAC PerMed newsletter

EULAC Permed Newsletter

The EULAC PerMed December newsletter is now out. In this edition you will find information on upcoming webinars, the ERA PerMed: Joint Transnational Call 2022 on Prevention in Personalised Medicine,…...

Communications & Outreach

Personalised Medicine

Worldwide collaboration

ECRIN hosts CTU Day 2021

On 26 November 2021 ECRIN hosted its first CTU Day bringing together members of its CTU community from all 12 of its national networks. The objectives of the meeting included encouraging staff of…...

International Clinical Trial Day

First EU-Africa PerMed project newsletter

The EU-Africa PerMed project just released its first newsletter. Through this first newsletter you can learn about the project, results of the scientific and policy mapping exercise and events both…...

Communications & Outreach

Personalised Medicine

Workshop on ethics and data protection in personalised medicine

On 22 November a group of PERMIT consortium members, associated partners, members of the Ethics Advisory Board and external experts gathered to brainstorm on the ethical and data protection issues of…...

Data protection

Personalised Medicine

EJP RD Joint Transnational Call 2022

The European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases shared key information on the Joint Transnational Call 2022, a funding opportunity for research projects on the development of new analytic tools and…...

European Commission (EC) opens funding call on development of new effective therapies for rare diseases

On October 6th, 2021, the European Commission (EC) opened a new funding call titled “Tackling diseases (Two Stage – 2022) (HORIZON-HLTH-2022-DISEASE-06-two-stage)” in the context of the Horizon…...

Clinical study launched on the effectiveness of the ‘booster shot’ against the coronavirus

Within the European Vaccination Research Network VACCELERATE, a new multinational vaccine trial on the immune response to a third COVID-19 vaccination, EU-COVAT-1 AGED, is underway. The objective of…...

EJP RD Research Mobility Fellowships

The EJP RD Research Mobility Fellowships funding opportunity is open until November 28th. The call aims to support PhD students, Postdocs and medical doctors in training to undertake scientific…...

Publication of Good Lay Summary Practice (GLSP) Recommendations

In recognition of the importance of providing accessible and understandable summaries of clinical trial results to patients and the public, Good Lay Summary Practice (GLSP) Recommendations were…...

Clinical Trials Helpdesk developed by EULAC PerMed

EULAC PerMed has opened its Clinical Trials Helpdesk. This tool, developed through the project, aims to provide information on regulatory and funding agencies regarding clinical trials in Latin…...

Regulatory & Ethics

Worldwide collaboration

New publication - Medical journal requirements for clinical trial data sharing: Ripe for improvement

ECRIN contributed to a policy forum “Medical journal requirements for clinical trial data sharing: Ripe for improvement” was published 25 October 2021 in PLOS Medical. Efficient sharing and reuse of…...

Data sharing & management

ERIC Forum report on Quality Management and Reproducibility in Academic Research

The ERIC Forum published a report on Quality Management and Reproducibility in Academic Research on 20 October 2021. It summarises the workshop that was held in February 2021 on Research Quality and…...

Kick off of BY-COVID

October 13th marks the launch of BeYond-COVID (BY-COVID) a new Horizon Europe funded project. This new project aims to tackle the data challenges that can hinder the effective pandemic response. The…...

Data interoperability

Data protection

Data sharing & management

How can we make the impossible possible for rare and paediatric disease? Tuesday, 12 October | 9:30-11:00 CEST | Virtual event

The EFPIA Pipeline Review has found that in 2020 alone, around 5,000 clinical trials were initiated to investigate and develop new therapies and vaccines. Almost 50% of treatments in development are…...

EU-AMRI

EU-AMRI new alliance for BBMRI EATRIS and ECRIN

EU-AMRI, the European Alliance of Medical Research Infrastructures, is the new alliance between the European medical research Infrastructures BBMRI, EATRIS and ECRIN. EU-AMRI aims to facilitate the…...

Research Infrastructures

EFGCP/DIA Better Medicines for Children Conference 18 & 19 October 2021:VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

This year the conference will focus on Global Paediatric Development, its challenges and solutions. To this effect, the conference brings together not only distinguished speakers from all around the…...

NIH's Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research (IPPCR) course registration is now open

This free, self-paced, online course runs from September 1, 2021 to August 1, 2022. Graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, medical, dental, and pharmacy students, scientists, nurses, and other…...

Communications & Outreach

Regulatory & Ethics

Public Consultation on Good Clinical Trials Collaborative guidance for RCTs

The Good Clinical Trials Collaborative has launched a 6-week public consultation on their guidance for Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs), ending 30 September. Visit goodtrials.org to see the…...

ECRAID

Launch of ECRAID

September 14 marked the launch of Ecraid, the European Clinical Research Alliance for Infectious Diseases. Ecraid advances clinical research in the field of infectious diseases through the…...

Infectious diseases

Recommendations from the EDCTP/ECRIN session on clinical trial infrastructure and capacity building in Africa

Together with the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), ECRIN hosted a session at the Africa-Europe Science and Innovation Summit on 17 June 2021. This session brought…...

Worldwide collaboration

Open Call for Abstracts: Genome Editing, Health innovation, and Responsible Regulation

Nordic Permed Law is seeking original research contributions for a symposium on genome editing on 3-4 November 2021 and a subsequent special issue on Genome Editing, Health innovation, and…...

Regulatory & Ethics

Get to know the PERMIT project - ICPerMed video

The PERMIT project is featured in the latest video from the ICPerMed family video series. In this video the clinical research and health economics perspectives are discussed. More specifically, it…...

Communications & Outreach

Personalised Medicine

Job opening for IT Scientist & Project Manager at BBMRI

Our colleagues at the European research infrastructure for biobanking and biomolecular resources, BBMRI-ERIC, have an interesting job opening for an IT-Scientist & Project Manager. The IT Scientist…...

Research Infrastructures

Recap of the Consultation Meeting on Machine Learning in Personalized Medicine

Machine learning and bioinformatics experts from different European countries and representatives from the PERMIT consortium met for an online workshop on 18 June 2021, to discuss the current…...

Personalised Medicine

TRANSVAC2 Open Call for expert services and trainings

Developing a vaccine is a time-consuming and complex process, requiring a combination of specialized skills and technical capacities not readily available at a single organisation. TRANSVAC2,…...

Launch of European Covid-19 trials coordination module website

The coordination module of the EU-funded projects RECOVER1 and EU-RESPONSE2 has launched its website https://covid19trials.eu/en. It centralises information for academics and industry on access to…...

ICTD 2021 a successful virtual event on platform trials

International Clinical Trials Day 2021 (ICTD2021) was hosted by ECRIN and entitled “Platform trials: shift in testing, treatment & collaboration.” Due to the ongoing pandemic, ICTD 2021 was a virtual…...

International Clinical Trial Day

EUPATI Fundamentals Patient Engagement training course

The European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI) organises the EUPATI Fundamentals, a training about patient engagement addressed to professionals in academia and pharmaceutical…...

Kick-off TTV-Guide project

The EU funded project TTV GUIDE TX has kicked-off and looks to establish a tool to quantify the activity of the immune system in kidney transplant patients and thereby reducing infections and organ…...

Clinical trial portfolio

Immune disorders

Urology / Nephrology