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ERDERA (the European Rare Diseases Research Alliance) has opened its Clinical Trial Call to support multinational early-phase clinical trials in rare diseases. The call will fund studies designed to generate robust clinical evidence, strengthen regulatory readiness and make rare disease trials more feasible across countries.
Call text draft setting out rules, eligibility and staged application process for the ERDERA Clinical Trial Call 2026.
The NCL Foundation has opened the Rare-to-Common Neurodegeneration Impact Prize, a €200,000 research award supporting collaborative projects that connect CLN3 Batten disease research with more common neurodegenerative or age-related disorder
June 12 - June 15
The conference will take place in Rotterdam on 12–15 June 2027 and is planned as a hybrid event by the European Society of Human Genetics.
At the European Human Genetics Conference 2026 in Gothenburg, ERDERA’s Diagnostic Research Workstream reviewed progress, highlighted early results and used a major European genetics meeting to examine how advances in data sharing and genomic analysis may strengthen rare disease diagnosis across countries.
Boston, 9–11 June 2026: ERDERA's Scientific Coordinator joined the World Orphan Drug Congress USA to set out how stronger clinical research networks can make rare disease trials more feasible across sites and borders.
On 3–4 June, EURORDIS–Rare Diseases Europe and Orphanet convened the rare disease community at ECRD 2026 in Prague around a shared call for coordinated European action, including the forthcoming European Blueprint for Rare Diseases.
The European Rare Diseases Research Alliance (ERDERA), together with the European Reference Networks (ERNs), provides the missing operational layer required to implement the European Biotech Act across the full innovation pathway —from discovery to patient access.
ERDERA will launch its Clinical Trial Call (ECTC) on 1 July 2026, supporting multinational, GCP‑compliant early‑phase interventional clinical trials in rare diseases.
Pre-announcement describing scope, eligibility and indicative timeline for the ERDERA Clinical Trial Call 2026, expected to open on 1 July 2026.