ADVOCACY

OIFE at EURORDIS Summer School

The EURORDIS Open Academy School on Medicines Research & Development (Summer School) aims to provide rare disease patient advocates with the knowledge and skills needed to become experts in medicines research and development. Since 2015, researchers are also welcome to attend the School. Also this year people connected to OIFE were attending EURORDIS Summer School…

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EMA & EURORDIS Summer School

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) was founded in 1995, and since then has worked across the EU and globally to protect public and animal health by assessing medicines and by providing independent, science based information on medicines. In 2000, patient representatives joined for the first time as members of one of EMA’s scientific committees. Today,…

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EDUCATIONAL

The EURORDIS Open Academy

OIFE is a member of the rare disease umbrella organization EURORDIS. At least four of OIFE’s patient representatives have graduated from EURORDIS Summer School, but we are always interested in recruiting more patient experts. Through the Open Academy capacity-building programmes, EURORDIS empowers patient advocates to have the confidence and knowledge needed to bring their expertise…

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