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ERDERA’s ethics and regulatory experts are launching a dedicated webinar series to help the rare disease research community navigate two fast-moving areas of biomedical research: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) and Artificial Intelligence.
Held in Riga on 9–10 June, the workshop brought National Mirror Group experts, researchers, clinicians and policymakers together to exchange practical lessons on how national rare disease registries can better support research and alignment across countries.
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.
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
Feedback is open until 14 July 2026, giving stakeholders an early opportunity to comment during the preparation of a likely legislative proposal for a Council regulation.
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.