IRDiRC is delighted to announce that multiple representatives of the Task Force “Drug Repurposing Guidebook”, including Therapies Scientific Committee (TSC) vice chair Anneliene Jonker (Duchenne Parent Project, The Netherlands) and TSC member Marjon Pasmooij (Medicines Evaluation Board, The Netherlands), will present at the International Drug Repurposing Conference, #iDR24, co-organised by REMEDi4ALL, Beacon for Rare Diseases […]
IRDiRC Drug Repurposing Guidebook: making better use of existing drugs to tackle rare diseases
The commentary ‘IRDiRC Drug Repurposing Guidebook: making better use of existing drugs to tackle rare diseases’ has been published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41573-023-00168-9). This guidebook, authored by the IRDiRC Task Force “Drug Repurposing Guidebook”, facilitates drug repurposing for rare diseases by organizing available tools into a standardized framework. The Task Force worked for […]
Drug Repurposing Guidebook Materials
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 checklist, to start a repurposing case Guidebook Presentation Find here a more comprehensive representation of the guidebook and its methodology. Interactive website All the materials for the Drug Repurposing Guidebook are […]
Call for Members: IRDiRC Task Force on Drug Repurposing Guidebook
The Therapies Scientific Committee (TSC) is establishing a Task Force on Drug Repurposing Guidebook to help developers (of all kinds) navigating the rare disease landscape and identifying specific tools and practices of relevance for repurposing projects. The creation of the Development Guidebook will focus on repurposing approaches, following the same successful methodology used for the […]
Call for Members: IRDiRC Task Force on Drug Repurposing Guidebook
The Therapies Scientific Committee (TSC) is establishing a Task Force on Drug Repurposing Guidebook to help developers (of all kinds) navigating the rare disease landscape and identifying specific tools and practices of relevance for repurposing projects. The creation of the Development Guidebook will focus on repurposing approaches, following the same successful methodology used for the […]
Drug Repurposing Guidebook
Introduction Developers in the rare diseases field, particularly those engaged in repurposing approaches, include diverse stakeholders ranging from big pharma, but increasingly and more often to clinicians and not for profit organisation including patients-led initiatives. Hence the whole Rare Disease Community and in particular the patients would benefit from a guide helping developers to navigate […]
Drug Repurposing Guidebook
Introduction Developers in the rare diseases field, particularly those engaged in repurposing approaches, include diverse stakeholders ranging from big pharma, but increasingly and more often to clinicians and not for profit organisation including patients-led initiatives. Hence the whole Rare Disease Community and in particular the patients would benefit from a guide helping developers to navigate […]
IRDIRC Orphan Drug Development Guidebook (ODDG) webinar
May 27, 2020 The commentary
IRDIRC Orphan Drug Development Guidebook (ODDG) webinar
May 27, 2020 The commentary ‘Boosting delivery of rare disease therapies: the IRDiRC Orphan Drug Development Guidebook’ has been published in Nature Reviews – Drug Discovery. This guidebook, which has been authored by the IRDiRC Task Force “Orphan Drug Development Guidebook (ODDG)”, is aimed at facilitating drug development for rare diseases by organizing available tools […]
Orphan Drug Development Guidebook Materials
NEW! ODDG tutorial & Interactive Section are available (see below) Introduction For the creation of the guidebook, different types of documents were created: A list of all Building Blocks A fact sheet form for each Building Block A power point presentation of the Guidebook, including different figures A tutorial, explaining the Guidebook in detail Building […]