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Summary of Edition of 11 February 2025

Get ready for Rare Disease Day 2025!

Final results of Solve-RD published in flagship paper

Looking back on the ERICA ERN research conference

Optimising patient partnership in ERNs: Learning from existing frameworks

Recent scientific publications by ERNs

ERKNet/Leila Guideline App now available

ERKNet: Survey for members

Recap of the EuroBloodNet 2024 annual meeting

#Resolution4Rare: Momentum grows for a WHA Resolution on Rare Diseases

RDI launches Youth Leadership Programme

India: Delhi High Court delivers ruling on rare disease care

US: Open letter to the new administration on priorities for the rare disease community

Improving access to medicines throughout the EU: HTA Regulation comes into force

Public consultation and call for evidence for EU medical devices evaluation

Stakeholder survey on orphan medical device development

Results of the EJP RD retreat on educational needs in clinical trial methodology

Introducing RealiseD, an IHI project to accelerate clinical trials in rare diseases

Screen4Care opens recruitment for genetic NBS programme

Overcoming financial barriers for innovative medical device development

EMA: No new market authorisations with an orphan designation in December 2024

EMA: Eighteen orphan designations accorded by the COMP in December 2024

FDA: Thirteen new market authorisations with orphan designation granted in December 2024

FDA: Thirty-six new orphan designations approved in December 2024

Challenges and solutions for rare disease research in low- and middle-income countries

Update on the 2025 French Genomic Medicine Initiative

GestaltGAN: AI-driven creation of synthetic patient images

Epidemiology, classification and nomenclature of conditions in China's Second List of Rare Diseases

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OrphaNews, The Newsletter for the Rare Diseases Community.
Editor-in-chief: Ana Rath
Associate Editor: Charlotte Rodwell
Editor: Madeline Cuillerier
Scientific editor: Perrine Renard

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