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Nominations open for ORDI Rare Star Awards

As the DNA Day is approaching on April 25th, to celebrate the 10th year anniversary of the Organization for Rare Diseases India (ORDI), an inaugural “ORDI Rare Star Awards” will be launched. These awards aim to honor and celebrate individuals who have made outstanding contributions in various categories related to rare diseases. Take some time to […]

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Join the 9th Annual RARE Drug Development Symposium!

The RARE Drug Development Symposium, hosted by Global Genes and the Orphan Disease Center of the University of Pennsylvania, equips advocates with the knowledge, skills and connections they need to advance therapy development for their communities. This year’s theme is Innovative Ideas from Next Generation Change-Makers.The Symposium is planned to take place on April 29th-May […]

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IRDiRC Nomination Call – Regulatory Scientific Committee (RSC)

The International Rare Diseases Research Consortium’s (IRDiRC) Regulatory Scientific Committee (RSC) has two openings for new members who are from the following regions: Africa, Australasia or South America. Apply before April 30, 2024. IRDiRC has 4 Scientific Committees, one each for the Diagnostics, Therapies, Interdisciplinary, and Regulatory aspects of rare diseases research. The Regulatory Scientific […]

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FDA: Call for applications for the Rare Neurodegenerative Disease Grants Program

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a new funding opportunity on “Natural History, Clinical Outcome Assessment, and Biomarker Studies of Rare Neurodegenerative Diseases (U01) Clinical Trials Optional”. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support efficient natural history studies alone or in conjunction with the development and validation of clinical […]

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IRDiRC’s Functional Analysis Task Force in person meeting

IRDiRC Functional Analysis Task Force recently convened for a dynamic 1.5-day workshop in Paris!🇫🇷 Members of the task force from all over the world came together and discussed methodologies and strategies to advance functional analysis for rare diseases. With collaborative spirit at the forefront, the task force members worked on putting together a manuscript on […]

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Ongoing Call for New ISC Members

IRDiRC’s Interdisciplinary Scientific Committee (ISC) is looking for new members to join forces for exciting projects! Four positions will be available starting May, and the committee is looking for experts with different backgrounds, ideally based in Middle East, Africa, North or South America: Phenotyping, Ontology and/or Digital Health expertise Patient Advocacy experience  Policy and/or Legal […]

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Future Opportunities – IHI Call 7

The Rare Disease Moonshot coalition encourages the rare disease research community to seize the opportunity presented by the Innovative Health Initiative’s call for proposal on Biomarkers, in alignment with the Research Needs Recommendations on Diagnosis In line with its mission of facilitating public private collaborations to address rare disease research “white spots”, the members of […]

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New IRDiRC Publication: “Advancing Diagnosis and Research for Rare Genetic Diseases in Indigenous Peoples”

IRDiRC has just announced the launch of the latest publication titled “Advancing Diagnosis and Research for Rare Genetic Diseases in Indigenous Peoples” now available on nature.com.Read the publication here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-023-01642-1“The Indigenous populations taskforce brought together Indigenous and non-Indigenous rare disease leaders from across the globe to tackle the inequity in rare diseases diagnosis. The outputs […]

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Join IRDiRC’s Interdisciplinary Scientific Committee (ISC)

The Interdisciplinary Scientific Committee (ISC) would like to broaden the committee membership. As such, the ISC has four openings for new members, specifically encouraging participants from the following regions: Middle East, Africa, North & South America. Applications from other areas will also be considered depending on the expertise. We are looking for rare disease experts with different backgrounds:   Phenotyping, Ontology […]

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Symposium on “Gene therapy is coming of age”

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in healthcare is organizing a symposium on “Gene therapy coming of age”, taking place on 28 March, 2024, at the Palace of Academies in Brussels, Belgium. The symposium will include sessions on: Recent research and clinical advances Patient perspectives Panel debate on economic and societal challenges I3H Annual Lecture “Gene […]

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