In the context of COVID-19 pandemic and launching of the ‘COVID-19 Clinical Management Support System’, DG SANTE is organising a series of webinars to support clinicians and other healthcare professionals at the frontline who treat patients with COVID-19.

The next webinar will be held by Prof. Maurizio Cecconi, President Elect of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and Head of Department Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Units, Humanitas Research Hospital, Lombardy in Italy, and by Prof. Jozef Kesecioglu, President of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, expert on ethics and intensive care, Head of Intensive Care [...]

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The ESE Rare Disease Committee, alongside Endo-ERN, have engaged in an initiative to collect data concerning specific groups of patients with rare endocrine conditions, who are also affected by COVID-19. We believe this is a global unmet need and requires swift, concerted and coordinated action.

The European Registries for Rare Endocrine Conditions (EuRRECa) project, supported by both Endo-ERN and ESE, has developed an e-reporting tool (e-REC) which has been fully operational for over a year within a robust governance and ethical framework and which does not require individual patient consent. The platform is now open to all [...]

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In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the upcoming European Conference on Rare Diseases & Orphan Products (ECRD) will take place ONLINE on 14-15 May.

The ECRD is recognised globally as the largest, patient-led rare disease event in which collaborative dialogue, learning and conversation takes place, forming the groundwork to shape future rare disease policies.

The ECRD 2020 theme “The rare disease patient journey in 2030” recognises that the next decade holds great potential for improvement and that while we cannot predict the future, we all have a role in preparing for it. See the

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We are proud to announce that the manuscript from Work Package 5 “Diagnostics & laboratory analysis” in collaboration with EU COST action, entitled “Peptide Hormone Analysis in Diagnosis and Treatment of Differences of Sex Development: Joint Position Paper of EU COST Action “DSDnet” and European Reference Network on Rare Endocrine Conditions” has been accepted for publication in European Journal of Endocrinology.

To view the publication, click here.

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How can we help patients with a rare disease in the best possible way? On Tuesday, February 18, the European strategy on rare diseases was discussed during the Rare Disease Day Policy Event with members of the European Parliament in Brussels. The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) was represented by. LUMC professor prof. Alberto Pereira as invited speaker, and as coordinator of the European reference network on rare endocrine conditions (Endo-ERN) sharing his experiences and vision for the future.

A person is considered having a rare disease if his or her condition affects less than 1 in 2,000 [...]

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The Endo-ERN Newsletter of January is out now. Read about the upcoming organized webinar, Rare Disease Day, a new patient representative joined MTG 8 Thyroid, FAQ regarding Brexit and an overview of the upcoming events.

The newsletter can be found here.

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EJP-RD has opened funding calls for training programs based on two main components: research mobility fellowship and research training workshops.

The aim of these programs is to fill the gap in the available education on rare diseases research by creating and implementing a comprehensive and cohesive program of education and empowerment for different target groups or stakeholders such as researches and young clinicians.

Submission for the fellowship is possible until 16th of March 2020. For the research training workshops, the deadline for submission is 2nd of March.

For more information, visit the website.

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