Development of new effective therapies for rare diseases

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GrantRare Disease

This topic aims at supporting activities that are enabling or contributing to one or several expected impacts of destination 3 “Tackling diseases and reducing disease burden”. To that end, proposals under this topic should aim for delivering results that are directed, tailored towards and contributing to some of the following expected outcomes:

Researchers and developers make the best use of the state-of-the-art knowledge and resources for a fast and effective development of new therapies for rare diseases.
Researchers and developers increase the development success rate of therapies for rare diseases by employing robust preclinical models, methods, technologies, validated biomarkers, reliable patient reported outcomes and/or innovative clinical trials designs.
Developers and regulators move faster towards market approval of new therapies for rare diseases (with currently no approved treatment option) due to an increased number of interventions successfully tested in late stages of clinical development.
Healthcare professionals and people living with a rare disease get access to new therapeutic interventions and/or orphan medicinal products.

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Joint evaluation of Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use and Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1999 on orphan medicinal products.SWD/2020/0163 final

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Orphan Medicinal Products

Firstly, it assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the two legal instruments, both separately and in combination with each other. It focuses on how they have catered for products for unmet medical needs, taking into account how pharmaceuticals are developed, science advances, and business models change. Secondly, it provides insights into how the various incentives and rewards for which the Regulations provide have been used, along with an analysis of the related financial consequences, both in general and by stakeholder group.

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