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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 […]

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FDA Upcoming Grant Funding Opportunity for Rare Disease Research

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) is pleased to announce availability of funds for fiscal years (FY) 2021 – FY 2022 to support innovative and efficient clinical trials for rare diseases and conditions. These studies are intended to provide acceptable data to the FDA that will substantially contribute to the […]

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Call for Experts for Primary Care Task Force

Primary Care Task Force on “Identifying Key Challenges and Opportunities to Advance IRDiRC Goals with Focus on Primary Care”  The Diagnostics Scientific Committee (DSC), Interdisciplinary Scientific Committee (ISC), and  Funders Constituent Committee (FCC) have set up a joint Task Force to identify challenges and opportunities in rare diseases research focusing on primary care. This may include diagnosis, therapies, […]

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Call for Experts for Primary Care Task Force

Primary Care Task Force on “Identifying Key Challenges and Opportunities to Advance IRDiRC Goals with Focus on Primary Care”  The Diagnostics Scientific Committee (DSC), Interdisciplinary Scientific Committee (ISC), and  Funders Constituent Committee (FCC) have set up a joint Task Force to identify challenges and opportunities in rare diseases research focusing on primary care. This may include diagnosis, therapies, […]

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IRDiRC at the National Press Foundation’s two-day workshop

IRDiRC members Lucia Monaco (Consortium Assembly Chair), Daria Julkowska, Durhane Wong-Rieger, Gareth Baynam, Samuel Agyei Wiafe, Anne Pariser, and Ritu Jain will be discussing IRDiRC at a global scale during the upcoming two-day online workshop entitled “Covering Rare Diseases” to be held on September 13th and 14th and organised by the National Press Foundation. Registration […]

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IRDiRC at the National Press Foundation’s two-day workshop

IRDiRC members Lucia Monaco (Consortium Assembly Chair), Daria Julkowska, Durhane Wong-Rieger, Gareth Baynam, Samuel Agyei Wiafe, Anne Pariser, and Ritu Jain will be discussing IRDiRC at a global scale during the upcoming two-day online workshop entitled “Covering Rare Diseases” to be held on September 13th and 14th and organised by the National Press Foundation. Registration […]

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New IRDiRC Recognized Resource: Cellosaurus

IRDiRC has recently accepted a new Recognized Resource, the Cellosaurus, a knowledge resource on cell lines aiming to describe all cell lines used in biomedical research. The Cellosaurus provides information for about 130,000 cell lines and 25% of these cell lines are established from rare disease patients. For each cell line the Cellosaurus provides a […]

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New IRDiRC Recognized Resource: Cellosaurus

IRDiRC has recently accepted a new Recognized Resource, the Cellosaurus, a knowledge resource on cell lines aiming to describe all cell lines used in biomedical research. The Cellosaurus provides information for about 130,000 cell lines and 25% of these cell lines are established from rare disease patients. For each cell line the Cellosaurus provides a […]

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