Extract the potential
Catherine Berens, speaking at World Orphan Drug Congress 2011

Catherine Berens,
Scientific Officer Personalised Medicine Unit
EU Commission

Dr Catherine Berens was trained as a pharmacist and obtained her PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Louvain in Belgium. After having worked for the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (European Pharmacopoeia, Council of Europe, Strasbourg), she joined the European Commission in Brussels in 2002. She has since then been the Scientific Officer in charge of Rare Diseases, now in the Personalised Medicine Unit of the Health Directorate, Directorate General for Research and Innovation.

Appearing:
World Orphan Drug Congress Day 1 Tuesday 29th November 2011
9.40am

Building the strategy to diagnose all and treat 200 rare diseases

  • Why have these specific objectives been established by the IRDiRC?
  • What are the scientific and policy frameworks in place to reach the targets set out for 2020?
  • How will international resources be structured towards reaching the common objectives?
  • How can research and development in all rare diseases be encouraged but not duplicated?
Catherine Berens,
Scientific Officer Personalised Medicine Unit,
EU Commission
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