Fondazione Gianni Benzi, that is organising the XVI Foresight Training Course “Repurposing to cover unmet needs: the current scenario in Europe and the proposed changes to the Pharmaceutical Legislation”, that will be held on 18 December 2023 in Bari, Italy and online.

The Course will deal with:

Current and proposed regulatory provisions and decision-making to be undertaken in the EU for Research & Development (R&D) and marketing authorisation; Industry and academic approaches and collaboration to repurposing as a R&D opportunity; Commercial perspectives and strategies to repositioning drugs; The meaning of repurposing in the paediatric context; Need for specific [...]

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In this Webinar we are focusing on the importance of translational research referred to “bench-to-bedside” by showcasing two successful models for bridging the gap between preclinical and clinical research.

Paediatric Oncologist Professor Gilles Vassal from Institute Gustave Roussy, distinguished member of the ERNPaedCan, will present the ACCELERATE, an international multistakeholder organization to improve and accelerate new drug development for children and adolescent with cancer.

Joanne Lee from Newcastle University will talk about ACT concept (Advisory Committees for Therapeutics) and introduce the ACT toolkit. She will also provide background about the TACT Neuromuscular model and talk about [...]

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ERICA WP4 Clinical Trial Support webinar

Monday October 2nd
From 13:00 to 14:00 CEST

Speaker: Anton Ussi

This webinar will discuss challenges associated with getting ready for and conducting clinical trials in drug repurposing, with a focus on differences between trial requirements for future on-label or off-label use. The discussion will also highlight key services and tools available to the community, as well as the REMEDi4ALL projects support offering.

 

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WP5 Translation and Innovation is organizing Innovation workshop focused on drug repurposing in rare diseases.

In the first part of the workshop, we will showcase success stories from two different ERNs as an inspiration for the community. Eduard J van Beers from ERN EuroBloodNet will give talk about mitapivat story and building relations with biomedical industry into investigator-initiated research programmes, and Nicola Specchio from ERN EpiCare will talk about drug repurposing in epilepsy.

In the second part of the workshop, expert Donald Lo from EATRIS (REMEDI4ALL project) will lead interactive session on [...]

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