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Artificial intelligence workplan to guide use of AI in medicines regulation
This important workplan will help the European medicines regulatory network (EMRN) to embrace the opportunities of AI for personal productivity, automating processes and systems, increasing insights into data and supporting more robust decision-making to benefit public and animal health. The AI workplan, prepared under the joint HMA-EMA Big Data Steering Group (BDSG), ensures the EMRN remains at the…...
Joint Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA)/European Medicines Agency (EMA) Multistakeholder workshop on Patient Registries
This joint two-day hybrid HMA/EMA workshop on Patient Registries on Feb. 12-13, 2024, at the European Medicines Agency, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The workshop follows on the successful disease-specific workshops held between 2017 and 2019, as well as the EMA multi-stakeholder workshop on qualification of novel methodologies. The event will bring together representatives of registry holders,…...
EMA takes further steps to address critical shortages of medicines in the EU
Recently, EMA published details of the newly created solidarity mechanism developed by the EMA Medicines Shortages Steering Group (MSSG). This voluntary mechanism allows Member States to support each other in the face of a critical medicine shortage. The solidarity mechanism, which is based on an informal setup during COVID-19, will enable any Member State facing a critical shortage…...
FESCA event in the EU Parliament
Federation of European Scleroderma Associations (FESCA) held an event in the EU Parliament to present the findings of the patient survey, which highlighted the challenges faced by the Scleroderma community alongside the solutions to addressing these issues. At this roundtable speakers acknowledged the importance of the European References Networks (ERNs) in enhancing access to care,…...
2023 edition of the State of Health in the EU’s Synthesis Report
The Country Health Profiles are accompanied by a Synthesis Report presented by the European Commission, which highlights a selection of horizontal observations based on the analysis of the country profiles. The 2023 edition of the State of Health in the EU’s Synthesis Report consists of two parts. Part 1 presents a chapter on European health systems’ reforms and investments…...
Phenotypic similarity-based approach for variant prioritization for unsolved rare disease: a preliminary methodological report
Interesting scientific article on a prioritization methodology aimed at solving the undiagnosed rare diseases. Here is the abstract for more detailed information and the pdf can be downloaded at the bottom. Rare diseases (RD) have a prevalence of not more than 1/2000 persons in the European population, and are characterised by the difficulty experienced in…...
ern.reconnet(at)ao-pisa.toscana.it
Artificial intelligence workplan to guide use of AI in medicines regulation
This important workplan will help the European medicines regulatory network (EMRN) to embrace the opportunities of AI for personal productivity, automating processes and systems, increasing insights into data and supporting more robust decision-making to benefit public and animal health. The AI workplan, prepared under the joint HMA-EMA Big Data Steering Group (BDSG), ensures the EMRN remains at the…...
Joint Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA)/European Medicines Agency (EMA) Multistakeholder workshop on Patient Registries
This joint two-day hybrid HMA/EMA workshop on Patient Registries on Feb. 12-13, 2024, at the European Medicines Agency, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The workshop follows on the successful disease-specific workshops held between 2017 and 2019, as well as the EMA multi-stakeholder workshop on qualification of novel methodologies. The event will bring together representatives of registry holders,…...
EMA takes further steps to address critical shortages of medicines in the EU
Recently, EMA published details of the newly created solidarity mechanism developed by the EMA Medicines Shortages Steering Group (MSSG). This voluntary mechanism allows Member States to support each other in the face of a critical medicine shortage. The solidarity mechanism, which is based on an informal setup during COVID-19, will enable any Member State facing a critical shortage…...
FESCA event in the EU Parliament
Federation of European Scleroderma Associations (FESCA) held an event in the EU Parliament to present the findings of the patient survey, which highlighted the challenges faced by the Scleroderma community alongside the solutions to addressing these issues. At this roundtable speakers acknowledged the importance of the European References Networks (ERNs) in enhancing access to care,…...
2023 edition of the State of Health in the EU’s Synthesis Report
The Country Health Profiles are accompanied by a Synthesis Report presented by the European Commission, which highlights a selection of horizontal observations based on the analysis of the country profiles. The 2023 edition of the State of Health in the EU’s Synthesis Report consists of two parts. Part 1 presents a chapter on European health systems’ reforms and investments…...
Phenotypic similarity-based approach for variant prioritization for unsolved rare disease: a preliminary methodological report
Interesting scientific article on a prioritization methodology aimed at solving the undiagnosed rare diseases. Here is the abstract for more detailed information and the pdf can be downloaded at the bottom. Rare diseases (RD) have a prevalence of not more than 1/2000 persons in the European population, and are characterised by the difficulty experienced in…...
