The International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC) and the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP RD) are jointly organizing a conference on clinical research networks (CRNs) for rare diseases.
CRNs offer a tremendous opportunity for patients and multi-disciplinary teams to collaborate, share expertise, gain better understanding on rare diseases, and accelerate clinical research and innovation. However, global collaborative efforts to connect groups and networks often working on a national or continental level are still missing.
The objective of this conference is to gather experts from different continents to increase mutual knowledge on CRNs structure, activities and identify pathways to stimulate collaboration and interoperability of these networks.