The BMJ Journals published the article ‘Should children be vaccinated against COVID-19?’ which addresses the ongoing debate on the vaccination of children under 12 years of age against COVID-19. The relatively low risk posed by acute COVID-19 in children, and...
The first paediatric expert patients training workshop, organised by TEDDY Network in collaboration with EURORDIS and the Sant Joan de Déu Research Foundation in the framework of the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJPRD) was kicked off on 26 November 2021....
The 1st International Conference on Rare Diseases and Paediatric Research took place virtually on 18-19 November 2021. Organised by 95, Rare Alliance Greece together with Consorzio per Valutazioni Biologiche e Farmacologiche (CVBF) and “Athena” Research Center in...
The CP4EUROPE (Strengthening National Child Participation Frameworks and Action in Europe) is a project funded by the European Commission under the DG JUST – Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) Programme. It was kicked-off on 1 April 2021 and will last 24 months...
In the framework of the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJPRD), TEDDY Network is organising the first paediatric expert patients training workshops in collaboration with EURORDIS and the Sant Joan de Déu Research Foundation. The workshop is addressed to...
We are happy to inform you that during the iCAN Summit in July 2021, iCAN launched a new learning module for clinical research, located on the iCAN website and freely accessible through this link. The new module was prepared with the support from the iCAN clinical...
TEDDY Network has been mentioned in the Opinion 136 "L’évolution des enjeux éthiques relatifs au consentement dans le soin" of the French Consultative Ethics Committee (Comité Consultatif National d’Ethique - CCNE) related to the ethical issues of the consent...
The 9th revision of the ENCePP Guide on Methodological Standards in Pharmacoepidemiology has been published on 1 July 2021. The guide offers a single web resource for methodological English language guidance in pharmacoepidemiology and for each topic covered, direct...
Scientists and clinicians at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity have discovered a small subset of T-cells that may play a key role in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies against leukaemia in children. The researchers, who assessed and...
With this public consultation, citizens and stakeholders are invited to share their views and experiences on the main obstacles they are facing concerning treatments for rare diseases and children, on possible ways to overcome these obstacles and on how to make the...