The OrphaDev4kids Project aims to address the issue of Orphan medical devices (MDs) to be used in the paediatric population. Paediatric MDs development faces unique challenges as children often differ from adults in size, growth, development, body composition, and disease features. Due in part to these aspects, paediatric MDs development is more complex and riskier for developers and only a small number of approved MDs are available, few designed specifically for children and others readapted from adult applications.
Project’s Work Plan
Participants
Consorzio Per Valutazioni Biologiche e Farmacologiche – Project Coordinator
Universitá Degli Studi de Bari Aldo Moro
TEDDY – European Network of Excellence for Paediatric Clinical Research
RCCS – Associazione La Nostra Famiglia “Instituto Scientifico Eugenio Medea”
Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka
Medizinische Universitat Graz
Fondazione per la Ricerca Farmacologica Gianni Benzi Onlus
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