VPH Newsletter: May 2021

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Subject: VPH Newsletter: May 2021

2nd International School on In Silico Trials

6 -10 September 2021 online, every afternoon from 15 to 19 CEST

Organised by VPHi, Virtual Physiological Human Institute, with the support of the In Silico World Project, this intensive course is specifically intended for decision-makers in medical industries, research hospitals, contract research organizations, regulatory agencies and notified bodies interested in learning about in silico medicine. The school is organized online (via Teams) over 5 afternoons, from 6 to 10 September 2021.

In the past few years, it became possible, in some cases, to provide evidence of safety and efficacy for new medical products using modelling and simulation, what is now referred to as In Silico Trials.

This could be a game-changer, but it is also a disruptive innovation that may require some changes in the business model of many companies.

The 2nd International School on In Silico Trials will offer a systematic, non-specialist review on the strengths and the weakness of in silico trials technologies. The participants will be guided in the development of a better and deeper understanding of the threats and opportunities that this unprecedented technology presents, with the goal to enable more informed decision-making on the adoption of these innovations.

The school this year is organized by methods. After an introduction of the Director Prof. Marco Viceconti, a world-class expert will present a specific modelling method, illustrate it around a specific exemplar use case, and provide a critical review of the pros and cons of such method. We will lecture on molecular dynamics, systems biology, machine learning, computational fluid dynamics, finite element modelling, and agent-based modelling. We will also lecture on the use of high-performance computing, and the challenges posed by multiphysics and multiscale models. We will close with a systematic SWOT analysis of the adoption of In Silico Trials in the average biomedical company, and a review of the current regulatory landscape.

POLICY NEWS

- Avicenna Alliance provides feedback on the EU roadmap on the evaluation and revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation
The Avicenna Alliance has submitted its feedback to the inception impact assessment on the EU general pharmaceuticals legislation. Through this feedback, Avicenna Members provided the European Commission with guidance on how to meet unmet medical needs, maintain a system of incentives, promote evidence generation tools for marketing authorisation of innovative medicines, and support and accelerate product development as well as authorisation.

- The European Commission publishes long-awaited draft regulation package on AI
At the end of April the European Commission published its long-awaited regulation package on AI, including new rules and actions to position Europe as a hub for trustworthy AI application.

- EU Health Policy Platform Calls for Proposals: 2021 Thematic Networks
The EC is inviting public health stakeholders to submit initiatives for anew cycle of Thematic Networks under the EU Health Policy Platform. The purpose is to produce a Joint Statement within a year, summarising the common position of a group of stakeholder organisations in different public health areas.

VPH COMMUNITY

- Early Stage Researcher opportunity in Sheffield

Experimental exploration of the microbiome in degenerated IVD. Have a look for this call!

- International Master 2 Cardiac EP: Electromechanical Heart Diseases
This training will be an integral part of the environment at Liryc - University of Bordeaux from October 2021. Applications until June 11.

- In the literature

Here are some interesting recently published papers from our community. If you read an interesting article, send it to us: we'll insert it in the next newsletter!

STUDENT COMMITTEE

- 2021 VPH Barcellona Summer School
The 5th VPH Summer School will focus on Tackling Complexity in Health & Medicine.

- VPHi Keynote webinar: How to write a scientific paper

The next VPHi Keynote Webinar will take place on 11 June 2021 at 10 am -12 pm CEST featuring Marco Viceconti, full Professor of Bologna University.

- VPHi keynote webinar: Imaging of joint tissues. Webinar recordings and slides

The VPHi Keynote Webinar Series took place on 18 May featuring Simo Saarakkala from University of Oulu, Finland.
Did you miss it? Have a look to the recordings and get the slides, then.

VPH EVENTS

- European Research and Innovation Days

23-24 June 2021 - Subscribe to receive updates on the European Research and Innovation Days 2021 event.

- CMBBE 2021 Symposium

7–9 September 2021 Bonn, Germany - The 17th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering and the 5th Conference on Imaging and Visualization.

- EUROPIN summer school of drug design

The summer school will take place from 13 to 17 September, online: it provides an overview on main approaches and techniques used in computational drug design, ranging from protein modeling, docking, pharmacophore based screening, up to machine learning, data science, and workflows.

- EMA workshop on artificial intelligence in medicines regulation

Artificial intelligence (AI) and novel digital technologies hold the promise of increasing efficiency and capacity in healthcare and of providing deeper insights from big data.
The workshop took place 19 and 20 April: slides are now available!

- VPH 2022 Conference

We are happy to announce that the VPH2022 conference will take place in Porto - Portugal 6-9 September 2022.
We will focus on: "Virtual bodies for treatment development and clinical trials".

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