Over the last years, a Europe-wide trend towards a patient-focused approach and the involvement of patients is developing and is influencing the decision-making process related to the clinical research. Patients involvement in paediatric clinical trials is recognized...
SAVE THE DATE – 4th MIUF Meeting, October 24, 2017 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
On October 24th, 2017 the 4th Medical Infrastructure Users Forum (MIUF) meeting of the H2020-funded CORBEL project will be held in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) to continue the discussion of efficient development and use of bio-medical Research Infrastructures (RIs)....
International Paediatric Clinical Trial Day. “Helping children create lives they deserve”. San Raffaele Hospital, Milan (Italy), May 9th, 2017
On May 9th, 2017, the International Paediatric Clinical Trial Day entitled “Helping children create lives they deserve” took place at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. The meeting was organized by AICRO (Associazione Italiana Contract Research Organisation) in...
The first edition of PedCRIN newsletter
PedCRIN (The Paediatric Clinical Research Infrastructure Network) is happy to present the first Edition of the quarterly Newsletters, intended to share all Network ongoing initiatives as well as papers and reports on activities involving paediatric research. PedCRIN...
2005-2014 Prospective Study on Human metapnuemovirus (HMPV) Infections in Hospitalized Children – A recent publication on PLoS ONE Journal
The Article “Human metapnuemovirus infections in hospitalized children and comparison with other respiratory viruses. 2005-2014 prospective study”, has been published in PLoS ONE 2017. Among the authors, Cristina Calvo participated in the study on behalf of Hospital...
Publication: Orphan medicinal products in Europe and United States to cover needs of patients with rare diseases: an increased common effort is to be foreseen
The Article “Orphan medicinal products in Europe and United States to cover needs of patients with rare diseases: an increased common effort is to be foreseen” has been published on-line in Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2017. The publication reports the results...
Save the date – AICRO 2017 National Congress, November 16th, (Rome)
Also this year, AICRO organises the National Congress dedicated to clinical research, now at its fifth edition. The conference titled "How to Improve Clinical Research in Italy. The Epoch of Doing ", will be held on November 16, 2017 at Spazio Eventi Fontana di Trevi...
SAVE THE DATE: TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2017 – The third bi-annual conference organized by EATRIS in Prague on September 24th-26th, 2017
The third conference “TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2017” organized every two years by EATRIS (European infrastructure for translational medicine) will be held in Prague on September 24th-26th, 2017 and will focus on “Enhancing Predictivity in Medicines Development”. The...
AICRO White Paper to provide guidelines for the institution of a Clinical Trial Center (CTC)
AICRO (Associazione Italiana Contract Research Organization) established a working group to define criteria and guidelines for healthcare structures that wish to create an infrastructure supporting clinical trials conduction and all the aspects related to clinical...
Brexit: European Medicines Agency (EMA) has to leave the UK
As a consequence of the withdrawal from the European Union (EU), UK will become a third country by March 2019 at the latest. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is, therefore, working to relocate its Agency from London to one of the other 27 Member States and to...