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EFCCA Magazine 1/2025
The latest edition of EFCCA Magazine is here, packed with updates on what EFCCA has been working on over the past months, insights from our member associations, and an article by Professor Claudio Fiocchi providing a fresh look at the future of IBD treatment.
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to making this issue an engaging and insightful read...
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We’re excited to announce that EFCCA is now on Instagram!
By following our new account and inviting your community to follow too, you’ll be helping us amplify our reach and make our voices stronger.
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INTERCEPT: Pioneering the future of Crohn’s disease prevention
INTERCEPT: Pioneering the future of Crohn’s disease prevention
EFCCA is partnering in the groundbreaking INTERCEPT project! This multi-million Euro research initiative, funded by the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (IHI JU), marks a significant milestone in the fight against Crohn’s disease. By harnessing the power of predictive biomarkers, the project aims to shift Crohn’s...
EFCCA Talk: "Living with Fibrosis: Challenges, Treatments and Innovations"
Are you curious to learn more about fibrosis in IBD and its impact?
Join us for the EFCCA Talk: "Living with Fibrosis: Challenges, Treatments and Innovations"
EFCCA is excited to invite you to an exclusive webinar as part of the Horizon Europe Project FIBROTARGET. This engaging session will bring together leading experts and patient representatives to address the critical...
Patients Participation in HTA: Final Report Released
After the great success of our conference on HTA "Empowering Patient Voices in Health Technology Assessment" at the UEGW last October, EFCCA is delighted to share the final report of the consultation process, which involved stakeholders and experts in two rounds of webinars.
The main aim of the initiative is to optimise patient associations' participation in the HTA process and...
Upcoming EFCCA Conference at ECCO Congress 2025 in Berlin
We are excited to invite you to the upcoming EFCCA Conference "What do IBD patients find important in their treatment? - Results from a global Patient
Preference survey” that will take place on 20 February 2025 at the ECCO Congress in Berlin.
The conference will focus on the presentation of the EFCCA Survey...
EFCCA Talk: IUS - Intestinal Ultrasound, a Promising Alternative to Endoscopy?
On 29 January, we hosted our latest EFCCA Talk "Intestinal Ultrasound (IUS): A Promising Alternative to Endoscopy?" to explore whether intestinal ultrasound (IUS) could be a less invasive alternative to endoscopy for IBD monitoring.
During the talk Dr. Kerri Novak, Gastroenterologist at the University of Calgary (Canada), discussed the use of intestinal ultrasound (IUS) in...
New European Research Project “PerPrev-CID”
New European Research Project “PerPrev-CID”
Aiming to revolutionise personalised prevention and early treatment in chronic inflammatory diseases (CIDs), the PerPrev-CID project focuses on advancing risk prediction, early detection of disease progression, and innovative preventive approaches in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
Chronic inflammatory diseases like...
1st GlycanTrigger Patients Symposium
We are excited to invite you to the 1st GlycanTrigger Patients Symposium, an important event we are co-organising together with the Portuguese Society for Innovation (SPI), focused on collaborative discussions around strategies for predicting and preventing IBD. This virtual symposium will take place on 19 November 2024, from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM CET via Zoom.
This annual event will provide a...
Empowering Patient Voices in Health Technology Assessment: EFCCA's Conference at UEG Week 2024
On 12 October 2024, EFCCA organised a conference during UEG Week in Vienna titled: "How can patients play a crucial role in medicines-related decision-making? An open dialogue with stakeholders and the presentation of the EFCCA HTA Guidebook."
EFCCA presented its latest initiative to empower patients in healthcare decision-making: the Guidebook on Health Technology Assessments (HTA). Presented...