The NORDICPEDMED is a Nordic collaboration project which started in 2014, and was developed to its current format during the years 2015-2019 to enhance the Nordic Pediatric Clinical Trial Unit´s collaboration.
The network’s objectives are to help meet the therapeutic needs of children by facilitating development of new medicines and medical devices and other advanced therapies for the pediatric population.
Currently, NORDICPEDMED have strong European level connections via Nordic national networks FINPEDMED & IcePedMed, NorPedMed, DanPedMed via Trial Nation, SwedPedMed and the memberships of these networks to the European research network, Enpr-EMA ( European Network of Paediatric Research at the European Medicines Agency).
Most importantly, the Nordic network provides benefits to sick children by offering opportunities for early access to new promising treatment options in a safe and controlled way in clinical trials. The network collaboration can increase pediatric research opportunities by:
- Increasing competitiveness of Nordic Area and Developing stronger position within the European Network of Paediatric Research at European Medicines Agency (Enpr-EMA)
- Raising the recruitment potential by larger child population (5.2 million < 18 yrs. old)
- Fostering high-quality, ethical research in pediatric population
- Enhancing collaboration between the networks, investigators and various stakeholders
- Avoiding unnecessary trials in children
- Creating scientific and administrative competence at a Nordic level
NORDICPEDMED Investigators include doctors treating pediatric patients as well as other experts representing other branches of science, being members of the national networks of the NordicPedMed. The NORDICPEDMED network gives investigators and experts a chance to participate in and influence the development of children’s medicine development and medicinal treatments by giving them opportunities to take part to medicinal product development processes and conduct new pediatric clinical trials.
NORDICPEDMED investigators are included to the joint Investigators Registry. From this registry, FINPEDMED / NORDICPEDMED Office is able to look for experts and investigators nationwide from all Nordic countries for incoming Service Requests from Sponsors and other research groups.