Pre-Announcement JTC 2021 :

14 October 2020 – ERA-PerMed will launch its new call with a budget of approximately 16 million euros on December 14th 2020. Pre-proposals can be submitted until March 4th 2021.It is expected that consortia invited for the full-proposal stage, will need to submit their proposal on June 16th, 2021. 
read more: Pre-Announcement JTC 2021.

SAPHIRe workshop: access to health data :

13 October 2020 – To gain a better understanding on the regional perspective on access to health data, SAPHIRe will host an online interactive workshop on Thursday 29th October 2020, 10h30-12h30 CET. The workshop will discuss the access to health data from different points-of-view. Regional actors such as research institutions, hospitals, industry and individuals will be heard. 
read more: SAPHIRe workshop: access to health data.

ICPerMed Recognition 2020 – winners chosen :

16 July 2020 – ICPerMed announces the winners of the of the ICPerMed "Best Practice in Personalised Medicine" Recognition 2020. 
read more: ICPerMed Recognition 2020 – winners chosen.

Personalised Lung Cancer Care in Germany :

07 July 2020 – ICPerMed features best practice examples for the successful translation of personalised medicine research into an added value for the patient as well as examples for policy making and impact analysis on personalised medicine research. The German Network Genomic Medicine (NGM) Lung Cancer works to implement personalised lung cancer care effectively in clinical routine. 
read more: Personalised Lung Cancer Care in Germany.

New Best Practice Example for Personalised Medicine :

30 June 2020 – ICPerMed features best practice examples for the successful translation of personalised medicine research into an added value for the patient as well as examples for policy making and impact analysis on personalised medicine research. A new best practice example featuring 'NAGEN 1000', a Spanish regional pilot study to incorporate recent advances in cutting edge genomic research technology (Whole Genome Sequencing) into the real clinical practice, is now online. 
read more: New Best Practice Example for Personalised Medicine.

Start of three new ICPerMed-related coordination and support actions :

03 June 2020 – Through its Framework Programme Horizon 2020, the European Union started funding three actions in support of ICPerMed in 2020. All three actions focus on different aspects of personalised medicine. 
read more: Start of three new ICPerMed-related coordination and support actions.

ICPerMed vice chair re-elected :

03 June 2020 – ICPerMed is glad to announce that Dr. Astrid Vicente from the Instituto Nacional de Saude Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA) in Portugal has been re-elected as vice chair of the Executive Committee. 
read more: ICPerMed vice chair re-elected .

ICPerMed Conference 'From Vision to Practice' – New Dates :

27 May 2020 – We would like to inform you that in view of the coronavirus situation (COVID-19), ICPerMed and the European Commission have taken the difficult decision to postpone the ICPerMed Conference 2020 'Personalised Medicine – From Vision to Practice' which was due to be held on October 15-16, 2020 in Paris. It will now take place from February 25-26, 2021 at the same venue. 
read more: ICPerMed Conference 'From Vision to Practice' – New Dates.

Online Workshop – Exit Strategies for COVID-19 Lockdown :

14 May 2020 – The SAPHIRe project will host the online workshop 'Exit strategies for COVID-19 lockdown, what role do regions play' on 16 June 2020 to gain a better understanding of the different regional approaches to tackling these challenging times.  
read more: Online Workshop – Exit Strategies for COVID-19 Lockdown.

Virtual ICPerMed Executive Committee Meeting on 6 May 2020 :

On 6 May 2020, the ICPerMed Executive Committee met virtually to discuss and plan strategy and future activities of the consortium. 
read more: Virtual ICPerMed Executive Committee Meeting on 6 May 2020.