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Introduction

For the creation of the guidebook, different types of documents were created:

1. A list of all Building Blocks
2. A fact sheet form for each Building Block 
3. A power point presentation of the Guidebook, including different figures
4. A tutorial, explaining the Guidebook in detail

Building Block List

A list of building blocks (BBs) (tools, incentives, resources, initiatives, and practices) either specific to rare diseases, or more often used in rare diseases but also available for common diseases were collected and analyzed. The full list of BBs available in Europe, United States of America and Japan is shown below (please note that this is list might not be complete and it will be regularly updated).

List of BBs

Building Block Forms

Based on a systematic review of websites, literature search and the expertise of the Taskforce members, we have created fact sheets describing each BB by including key information on its use, duration, pros and cons, and among other aspects the TF’s advice on the best time to use the BB. All fact sheets can be found below. You can access to the BB forms by type or by geographical scope.

By type

• BB Forms – Development practices
• BB Forms – Development resources
• BB Forms – Early access
• BB Forms – HTA and reimbursement
• BB Forms – Regulatory

By geographical scope

• European BB Forms
• United States BB Forms
• Japan BB Forms
• International BB Forms

Guidebook Presentation 

A more comprehensive representation of the guidebook and its methodology has also been created in following PDF file:

Publication in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Boosting delivery of rare disease therapies: the IRDiRC Orphan Drug Development Guidebook

NEW! Tutorial

In order to understand more on the guidebook, a ODDG tutorial can be watched, discussing all the different elements of the Guidebook, the methodology followed and the way to use it

NEW! Interactive Section

All the materials from the Orphan Drug Development Guidebook are now available on a user-friendly website. Go and check it out!

Introduction

To enable the eco-system of research and drug development in rare diseases to achieve IRDiRC goal 2, a quantum change is needed in the way drugs are developed.
To enable this change, new practices should become standard elements of the development framework. However, in order to fully integrate these new elements within a defined development plan generating better data quality and shorter development timelines and lower development costs/ better R&D efficiency, the entire development framework should be re-engineered.
The link to the Orphan Drug Development Guidebook Materials can be found below.

Objectives

The “Orphan Drug Development Guidebook” project aims at creating a simple guidebook for academic and industrial drug developers describing the available tools and initiatives specific for rare disease development and how to best use them.
The guidebook will include fact-sheet descriptions of the new development tools, a series of standard cases of drug development defining “how” and “when” to use these tools and engage in these initiatives, and a series of practical check-lists of what to consider at each phase of development.

Task Force Members

The Orphan Drug Development Guidebook Task Force members include:

• Annemieke Aartsma-Rus, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
• Alessandro Aiuti, San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-Tiget), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
• Diego Ardigo, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., Italy (Chair of the Therapies Scientific Committee)
• Dimitrios Athanasiou, World Duchenne Organisation, Greece
• Laurie Conklin, ReveraGen, United States
• Simon Day, Clinical Trials Consulting & Training, United Kingdom
• Mariette Driessens, VSOP, The Netherlands
• Michela Gabaldo, Fondazione Telethon, Italy
• Marlene Haffner, Haffner Associates, LLC, USA
• Virginie Hivert, EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe, France (Vice-Chair of the Therapies Scientific Committee)
• Eric Hoffman, ReveraGen, United States,
• Anneliene Jonker, University of Twente, the Netherlands
• Sangeeta Jethwa, Roche, Switzerland
• Eri Matsuki, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Japan
• Ana Mingorance, Dracaena consulting, Loulou Foundation, Dravet Syndrome Foundation, Norway/Spain
• Thomas Morel, KU Leuven, Belgium
• Daniel O’Connor, MHRA, United Kingdom
• Anne Pariser, NIH NCATS, Office of Rare Diseases Research, USA
• Caridad Pontes, Catalan Health Service, Spain
• Ken Sakushima, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Japan
• Maurizio Scarpa, European Reference Network for Hereditary Metabolic Diseases (MetabERN), Udine University Hospital, Italy
• Richard Yang, Reflection Biotechnologies Limited, Hong Kong, China

Plans and timeline

• April 2020: Peer Reviewed Commentary (Orphan Drug Development Guidebook) and materials available (see section below)
• June 2019: Further discussion with experts, drafting of materials
• December 2018: Workshop with external experts, Dublin, Ireland
• November 2018: Second teleconference of the Task Force
• October 2018: First teleconference of the Task Force
• June 2018: Internal drafting of material

Orphan Drug Development Guidebook Materials

The materials constituting the “Orphan Drug Development Guidebook” can be found here.

Boosting delivery of rare disease therapies: the IRDiRC Orphan Drug Development Guidebook. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

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