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 Europe Framework Programme on the development of new effective therapies for rare diseases. Since the EC recommends that proposals try and take stock of the FAIR guidance and other models…

Launch of new Innovative Medicines Initiative project, Screen4Care

Yesterday marked the official launch of Screen4Care which is a new EU Research Project focussed on accelerating diagnosis for Rare Disease patients through genetic newborn screening and advanced analysis methods such as machine learning and Artificial Intelligence. The project will run for a period of five years with a total budget of EUR 25 million provided by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI 2 JU), a joint undertaking…

Open consultation of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) of the European Partnership ERA4Health

The European Commission (EC) is inviting interested stakeholders to participate in the open consultation of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) of the European Partnership « Fostering an ERA for Health » (ERA4Health) by providing feedback through this online survey. The deadline for providing feedback to the Draft SRIA is October 29th, 2021. The draft SRIA…