On March 4 and 5, the ERAMET project kick-off was held at university of Namur. This kick-off event brought together some forty participants at Namur’s Research Administration.
ERAMET is a project funded to the tune of 6 million euros as part of the Horizon Europe program. It is a collaborative, multidisciplinary project that aims to improve the scientific database that guides regulatory bodies’ decisions on medicines, particularly for rare and pediatric conditions. The project is coordinated by Flora Musuamba Tshinanu, Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at UNamur. This ambitious project involves no fewer than 17 partners, including seven universities with University of Namur as coordinator, four national drug regulatory agencies and private companies.
At the launch event, the first day was open to all, with an introduction to the project at the opening of the day by Flora Musuamba Tshinanu. Perspectives from the regulatory point of view on the challenges linked to the evaluation of pediatric drugs and rare diseases, and those in the industry and data fields, were addressed. The second day was reserved for the consortium.