Madrid played host to the 2nd EPIICAL General Assembly meeting from 14 to 16 November 2018. We were pleased to welcome our project partners from 26 organisations across 4 different continents for a stimulating and engaging three-day event. ViiV Healthcare, which financed this milestone project, was also represented. The meeting agenda included guest lectures and […]

How was the role of patients conceived in the processes of generating new therapies, and what was envisioned for the future of patient associations? When and where was their contribution needed? What should institutions and other stakeholders have done to respond to patients’ requests? These were the main topics tackled during the conference “Active participation […]

The EMA premises hosted, on 7-8 June 2018, the annual workshop of theEuropean Network of Paediatric Research (Enpr-EMA), the network of research networks, investigators, and centres with strong expertise in conducting clinical studies in children. The network had 46 members from Europe, Canada, Japan, and the US, and was aimed at facilitating studies to increase […]

Fondazione Gianni Benzi was one of the influential voices at the 58th edition of the annual AFI Symposium, which was held in Rimini (Italy) from June 6th to 8th. On June 8th, Viviana Giannuzzi, Coordinator of the Scientific Committee, gave a speech during the 12th session titled “Clinical and regulatory aspects for the development of […]

On May 5th, the President of Fondazione Gianni Benzi, Prof. Adriana Ceci, served as the moderator of the first session of the event “Il bambino emofilico III…Generazione futuro”, held in Bari at Villa Romanazzi Carducci. The session was attended by outstanding experts from across the country. Hemophilia had recently come into the spotlight for many […]

The annual meeting of PedCRIN (Paediatric Clinical Research Infrastructure Network) was held on 23rd and 24th April in Bergen (Norway) at the Scandic Ørnen Hotel. The project, funded by the H2020 programme, brought together the European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network (ECRIN) and the founding partners of the European Paediatric Clinical Trial Research Infrastructure (EPCT-RI) to […]

The European Region celebrated European Immunization Week (April 23rd–29th), organized by the World Health Organization to raise awareness of the importance of immunization and to increase vaccination coverage. The objective of European Immunization Week (EIW) 2018 was to sustain momentum toward a European Region free of vaccine-preventable diseases by raising awareness of the importance of […]

On April 10, 2018, the University of Bari hosted the EPTRI meeting “A New Research Infrastructure for the Development of New Paediatric Drugs.” Representatives of the Italian institutions promoting EPTRI, along with project partners, participated in the event, which aimed to provide all attendees with a clearer understanding of the project’s tasks and goals and […]

Warsaw (Poland) hosted the winter school of the SMART Project – Small Medicines Advanced Research Training, the EU project funded by the H2020 programme and aimed at enhancing knowledge and exchanging expertise on paediatric studies, including ethics, methodology, and innovative research. The first day (March 12) of the winter school was organised as an open […]

Also this year the Association “Dermatologia Pediatrica” organises in collaboration with the Consorzio per Valutazioni Biologiche e Farmacologiche, the Congress of Paediatric Dermatology of Bari, at its seventh edition now. The event, which will take place on March 19th, 2016 at the Mercure Villa Romanazzi Carducci (Bari), is addressed to dermatologists and paediatricians and provides participants with 4 CME credits for continuing medical […]