On 15 January 2020, the EFGCP & EFPIA Workshop "Roadmap Initiative to Good Lay Summary Practices” will be held in Brussels. The upcoming Clinical Trial Regulation requires the development and dissemination of Lay Summaries of clinical study results from commercial...
FDA approves voxelotor for sickle cell disease
On November 25th, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to voxelotor (Oxbryta, Global Blood Therapeutics) for adults and paediatric patients 12 years of age older with sickle cell disease (SCD). SCD is a lifelong inherited blood...
Vincristine shortage: an overview on the current European situation
Over the last months, a worrying shortage in the production and distribution of vincristine has affected the health marketplace across the world. Vincristine is an antineoplastic drug, a natural extract from the periwinkle (Cantharanthus roseus, formerly Vinca rosea),...
A new year of activities for KIDS Bari and KIDS Albania has started
We are happy to announce that even this year the youths of KIDS Bari and KIDS Albania have kicked off their activities aimed to promote the involvement of young persons and patients in the research and clinical fields strongly favouring the achievement of goals in the...
Clinical Trials Europe, 20th November 2019: TEDDY efforts to promote patient’s engagement were presented
On 19th and 20th November 2019, the Annual meeting “Clinical Trials Europe” was held in Barcelona and provided the occasion to bring the clinical community together. The participants had the possibility to share and discuss fresh perspectives and practises for...
Publication: “Survey by TEDDY European Network of Excellence for Paediatric Clinical Research demonstrates potential for Europe‐wide trials”
Ensuring high-quality ethical research on the safety and efficacy of medicines for children represents one of the main objectives of the paediatric sector! However, there are no summary data in the public domain about the capacity and competence of European paediatric...
TEDDY Network was presented at the EUCROF Training Day on “Essentials of Paediatric Clinical Research
On 24 October 2019, EUCROF Paediatric Working Group organised a F2F training on “Essentials of paediatric clinical research” held at the Centro Nacional de Invesigaciones Oncológicas in Madrid. The meeting provided the occasion to give an overview of the current...
SAVE THE DATE: 4th EPTRI General Assembly Meeting, 21 and 22 October 2019 in Warsaw, Poland
On 21 and 22 October 2019, the 4th EPTRI General Assembly Meeting will be held in Warsaw and will be organised in collaboration with the Polish partner, the Children’s Memorial Health Institute. EPTRI (European Paediatric Translational Research Infrastructure) is...
SAVE THE DATE. Europe Biobank Week 2019. A poster on #wecare project and patients engagement will be presented
The usual appointment with the European Biobank Week (EBW) this year will be held in Lübeck, Germany, from October 8 until 11. TEDDY European Network of Excellence for Paediatric Clinical Research will be part to the event, presenting a poster entitled “#wecare_ye...
SAVE THE DATE. “Shaping the Future of Paediatrics”, organized by Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome
On 2th-4th October 2019 Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in partnership with the International Society of Pediatric Innovation (iSPI) will organise the Conference “Shaping the Future of Paediatrics” at Centro Congressi Piazza di Spagna in Rome. The Conference will...