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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

Press Release: An Open-Innovation Test Bed for Medical Devices: Kick-off for new EU Research Project TBMED

13 European partners aim to accelerate patient access to innovative solutions Donostia-San Sebastian, 20 February 2019 – The new EU research project TBMED aims to support European med-tech companies…...

Medical devices

News

'CTFG': Recommendation Paper on the Initiation and Conduct of Complex Clinical Trials

The Clinical Trial Facilitation Group (CTFG) has issued a 'Recommendation Paper on the Initiation and Conduct of Complex Clinical Trials' (publication date: 12 February 2019). This document provides…...

News

Press Release: NECESSITY Project Officially Started

Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disease (AID) characterised by lymphocyte infiltration of salivary and lacrimal glands that leads to progressive xerostomia and xerophtalmia…...

Immune disorders

News

Auditor Training

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

Data Centre Certification

Training

ECRIN/CDISC Joint Training

As part of its Data Management (DM) Centre Certification programme, ECRIN is organising a joint training session with CDISC on 11 April 2019 in Paris. The main objective is to provide an overview of…...

Data Centre Certification

Training

Data Centre Audits

As part of its Data Management Centre Certification programme, ECRIN led audits of two non-commercial Japanese data centres in the fall of 2018. This was a pilot for the extension of the programme…...

Data Centre Certification

Worldwide collaboration

New Publication on Sharing Individual Participant Data

Communications & Outreach

Data sharing & management

ERIC Forum Kick-Off Meeting

The ERIC-Forum kick-off meeting is taking place from January 31st to February 1st, 2019 in Amsterdam. The project is set up by all existing ERICs and consortia that have at least submitted their…...

News

Research Infrastructures

National Partner News: Norwegian Clinical Research Infrastructure (NorCRIN)

ECRIN's Norvegian national partner, Norwegian Clinical Research Infrastructure (NorCRIN), shares some of its latest news below. 1. NorCRIN applied to Norwegian Research Council funding (50 million…...

Communications & Outreach

National partner news

News

National Partner News: Swiss Clinical Trial Organisation (SCTO)

Here is some of the latest news from ECRIN's Swiss national partner, the Swiss Clinical Trial Organisation (SCTO). Master Plan for Biomedical Research In 2013, the Federal Council approved a master…...

Communications & Outreach

National partner news

News

New Publications on Data Sharing & Data Protection

ECRIN has contributed to recently published articles on data protection and data sharing: "The Global academic research organization network: Data sharing to cure diseases and enable learning health…...

Data sharing & management

Data protection

ECRAID-Plan Kick-Off Meeting

The European Clinical Research Alliance on Infectious Diseases (ECRAID) Business Plan, or ECRAID-Plan, held its kick-off meeting from 16 to 17 January in Brussels, Belgium. The mission of ECRAID-Plan…...

Infectious diseases

SYNCHROS Kick-Off Meeting

ECRIN is participating in the kick-off meeting of the “SYNergies for Cohorts in Health: integrating the Role of all Stakeholders” (SYNCHROS) project in Barcelona, Spain. SYNCHROS aims to establish a…...

Data interoperability

Data standards

Patients

3rd Call for TRANSVAC Training Module in Vaccinology

The TRANSVAC2 Consortium has set up training modules at leading European centers that can be combined to create customised international courses on vaccine R&D. Two rounds of tailored training…...

Calls

Training

Vaccine

Press Release: European project to identify and address barriers to sweetener use

A new study, led by researchers from the Universities of Liverpool and Copenhagen, has been launched to identify the risks and benefits of sugar replacements in the diet. SWEET, a European Commission…...

Clinical trial portfolio

Research Infrastructures

News

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

Press Release: An Open-Innovation Test Bed for Medical Devices: Kick-off for new EU Research Project TBMED

'CTFG': Recommendation Paper on the Initiation and Conduct of Complex Clinical Trials

Press Release: NECESSITY Project Officially Started

Auditor Training

ECRIN/CDISC Joint Training

Data Centre Audits

New Publication on Sharing Individual Participant Data

ERIC Forum Kick-Off Meeting

National Partner News: Norwegian Clinical Research Infrastructure (NorCRIN)

National Partner News: Swiss Clinical Trial Organisation (SCTO)

New Publications on Data Sharing & Data Protection

ECRAID-Plan Kick-Off Meeting

SYNCHROS Kick-Off Meeting

3rd Call for TRANSVAC Training Module in Vaccinology

Press Release: European project to identify and address barriers to sweetener use