Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Francesc Palau, Sant Joan de Déu Children's Hospital and CIBERER, Spain 

Over the last decade-plus, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases has served as a leading home for the latest reviews on rare diseases and orphan drugs. This is very important work as often, reviews will be some of the best sources of information about rare diseases and their evolution. Please take a look at some of our most recent work in this essential vein.

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New Horizons in the Management of ADA-SCID, Springer Healthcare IME’s independent educational resource, is pleased to share its most recent updates: interviews at ESID, summaries of the latest research, free access to full-text articles, and full editorials. Coming soon: interactive patient cases, an on-demand webinar, and more expert interviews. The portal is for Paediatric/Adult Immunologists, Gene and Cell Therapy Clinicians, Transplant Specialists, Paediatricians and Haematologists designed to educate healthcare professionals who are presented with ADA-SCID patients. This educational activity is supported by an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.

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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that encompasses all aspects of rare diseases and orphan drugs. The journal publishes high-quality reviews on specific rare diseases. In addition, the journal may consider articles on clinical trial outcome reports, either positive or negative, and articles on public health issues in the field of rare diseases and orphan drugs. The journal does not accept case reports.

Orphanet is the reference portal for information on rare diseases and orphan drugs. It offers a range of freely accessible services:

• An inventory of rare diseases and a classification of diseases elaborated using existing published expert classifications.
• An encyclopedia of rare diseases in six languages.
• An inventory of orphan drugs at all stages of development, from EMA (European Medicines Agency) orphan designation to European market authorization.
• A directory of specialised services, providing information on specialized clinics, medical laboratories, ongoing research projects, clinical trials, registries, networks, technological platforms and patient organizations, in the field of rare diseases, in each of the countries in Orphanet's network.
• An assistance-to-diagnosis tool allowing users to search by signs and symptoms.
• An encyclopedia of recommendations and guidelines for emergency medical care.
• A bimonthly newsletter, OrphaNews, which gives an overview of scientific and political current affairs in the field of rare diseases and orphan drugs, in English and French.
• A collection of thematic reports, the Orphanet Reports Series, focusing on overarching themes, directly downloadable from the website.
• Free access to Orphanet data for research purpose is available at www.orphadata.org.