VISIT: European Commission visits Amsterdam UMC & Endo-ERN
The Endo-ERN project office at Amsterdam UMC was delighted to welcome Donata Meroni and Nichola Larkins from the European Commission earlier this month. Colleagues from the ERN and rare disease community in the Netherlands joined over the 2 days.
We were honored that Hans van Goudoever, Amsterdam UMC CEO opened the afternoon, followed by ERN coordinators Arthur Wilde, ERN GUARD-Heart and Alberto Pereira Arias, Endo-ERN, and Petra Zwijnenburg from the Amsterdam UMC rare disease office.
Floor Halvorsen, Dutch Ministry of Health introduced the rigorous process required to become an expert centre in the Netherlands and Cor Oosterwijk, National Patient Alliance for Rare and Genetic Disorders showed how long Dutch patients have been advocating for high-quality rare disease care. Simone Louisse, Hart4Onderzoek shared her experience as an ERN ePAG as did Nicole Wolf an active clinical member of ERN-RND. Evidence-based medicines is at the heart of all ERNs and Ronald Cornet, Professor Amsterdam UMC discussed the importance of FAIR data particularly in rare disease.
An informative day all around!
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