International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day (ICCD 2017)

Development of paediatric cancer medicines

‘Milestones and the Road Ahead Towards More Life-Saving Innovation’

Press Release

Event Programme

The event took place on Tuesday 7 March 2017 at European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium

Hosted by MEP Dr. Elena Gentile (S&D, IT)

This yearly awareness-raising SIOPE event took on Tuesday 7th March 2017 at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, under the auspices of the S&D Parliamentary Group of the European Parliament. Event participants discussed the activities carried out by the European community to tackle childhood cancers, reflected on the accomplishments, highlighted the persisting needs still to be met, and traced the road ahead towards more and better cure. The recently voted European Parliament Resolution on Paediatric Medicines - which seeks to improve the EU Regulation on Paediatric Medicines - was presented as a key milestone. International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day 2017 (ICCD 2017) also followed the closing of the European Commission's consultation on this Regulation, and coincided with its work on the 10-year report regarding the same legislation. Finally, the event took place right after the 5th ACCELERATE Conference (2-3 March 2017), the multi-stakeholder forum where further steps to speed up innovation were discussed by academia, industry, parents, and regulators.

• Event Press Release
• Event Programme
• Picture Gallery
• Event presentations:
  • Nicolino Ruperto, Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation – PRINTO 
  • Gilles Vassal, SIOPE Past President & Board Member - The ACCELERATE platform – preliminary conclusions from the 5th Annual Conference

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Details from previous editions:

• International Childhood Cancer Day 2016:
  • Event Programme
  • Event Press Release
  • Proposal by the Stakeholders - International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day 2016
  • Event video & Picture gallery
  • Event Presentations:
    • G. Vassal 'Academic perspectives on current state and ways forward'
    • R. Rousseau, 'Industry Perspectives'
• International Childhood Cancer Day 2015:
  • Press release from International Childhood Cancer Day 2015
  • Programme International Childhood Cancer Day 2015
  • Photos from International Childhood Cancer Day 2015
  • Presentations:
    • Video from Prof Nikolaus Forgo
    • Presentation from Jaap den Hartogh
    • Presentation from Professor Angelika Eggert
    • Presentation from Sabine Karner
    • Presentation from Professor Ruth Ladenstein
• Photos from International Childhood Cancer Day 2014
• Press release from International Childhood Cancer Day 2014
• Programme of International Childhood Cancer Day 2014
• Manifesto for Paediatric Oncology - European Elections 2014
• Photos from International Childhood Cancer Day event 2013
• Report from International Childhood Cancer Day event 2013
• Photos from International Childhood Cancer Day event 2012
• Press release and Programme of International Childhood Cancer Day event 2012
• Photos from International Childhood Cancer Day event 2011
• Press release from International Childhood Cancer Day event 2011