- About EURORDIS
- About Rare Diseases
- Rare Disease Policy
- Orphan Drugs & Treatments
- What is an orphan drug?
- Improve the safety of your medicines
- Compassionate Use
- Role of EURORDIS
- Patient advocates involvement
- Access to orphan drugs
- Health technology assessment
- EURORDIS Round Table of Companies (ERTC)
- List of the latest marketing authorisations and orphan medicinal products designations
- Living with a Rare Disease
- Services & Trainings
- Get involved
- News & Events
Services & Training Resources Centre
In this section you will find details of how EURORDIS promotes the implementation of services adapted to the needs of people living with a rare disease, as well details on the extensive training that EURORDIS provides to rare disease patient representatives.
This training is provided through free online training modules and the EURORDIS Summer School. Topics covered include: medical research, ethics, the regulatory framework, the European Medicines Agency, benefit-risk assessment & pharmacovigilance and market access.
EURORDIS Open Academy
The EURORDIS Open Academy brings together all EURORDIS trainings with the goal of building the capacity of rare disease patient advocates.
Help line services
EURORDIS promotes, networks, trains and advocates on behalf of Rare Disease Help Line Services. The Rapsodyonline site lists and maps existing services around Europe.
Specialised Social Services
Specialised Social Services are instrumental to the empowerment of people living with rare diseases and essential to the improvement of their well-being and health.
RareConnect
RareConnect.org, the online network for rare disease communities, brings together patients, families, and groups from around the world who might otherwise be isolated
EURORDIS Community Advisory Board (CAB) Programme
Patient Community Advisory Boards (CABs) are groups established by patient advocates to discuss the latest developments, challenges and issues related to medical research in their disease area.
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The voice of rare disease patients in Europe
The international voice of people living with rare diseases, Rare Diseases International is a EURORDIS initiative
Bringing together patients, families and experts to share experiences in a moderated multilanguage forum, RareConnect is a EURORDIS initiative
The Rare Barometer Programme is a EURORDIS initiative that carries out surveys to transform rare disease patients' experiences into figures and facts that can be shared with decision-makers.
An international awareness raising campaign taking place on the last day of February each year, Rare Disease Day is a EURORDIS initiative
Join the largest gathering of rare disease stakeholders across Europe, at the biennial European Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Products. ECRD is a EURORDIS initiative
The international voice of people living with rare diseases, Rare Diseases International is a EURORDIS initiative
Bringing together patients, families and experts to share experiences in a moderated multilanguage forum, RareConnect is a EURORDIS initiative
The Rare Barometer Programme is a EURORDIS initiative that carries out surveys to transform rare disease patients' experiences into figures and facts that can be shared with decision-makers.
An international awareness raising campaign taking place on the last day of February each year, Rare Disease Day is a EURORDIS initiative
Join the largest gathering of rare disease stakeholders across Europe, at the biennial European Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Products. ECRD is a EURORDIS initiative