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The report of our recent webinar on unmet clinical needs is out!

On 5 January 2023, together with the EU-funded projects ENVISION and COVend, we held a joint webinar on ’Addressing unmet clinical needs, practices and patient outcomes: the impact of EU-funded projects'. Experts presented their projects and addressed achievements and challenges regarding the imp...

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Addressing unmet clinical needs, practices and patient outcomes: the impact of EU-funded projects. A joint webinar by the COVIRNA, ENVISION and COVend projects

Agenda Register A large number of public-funded projects at the EU, national or regional level aims to address unmet clinical needs and improve clinical practices as well as patient outcomes by developing diagnostic/ prognostic tools or advanced therapies. Investigators of three of these EU proje...

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The COVIRNA project was presented at the Back to a Healthy Future event 

On 21 - 22 September, the Back to a Healthy Future event took place in Brussels. This technological showcase event brought together companies and organisations from many European countries willing to respond rapidly to urgent needs in the healthcare system. The particular focus was on solutions t...

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EHMA 2022 session hosted by COVIRNA

Event report: COVIRNA session at the EHMA 2022 Annual Conference highlights the potential of innovative diagnostic tools

On Friday, 17 June, the COVIRNA project hosted a session at the EHMA 2022 Annual Conference titled ‘The potential of innovative diagnostic tools: personalised disease management for improved health outcomes in COVID-19 patients’. The session looked at the impact and benefits of the adoption of no...

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COVIRNA project at the EHMA 2022 Annual Conference

COVIRNA project to host a session at the EHMA 2022 Annual Conference

The COVIRNA project will be participating in the EHMA 2022 Annual Conference with the session ‘The potential of innovative diagnostic tools: personalised disease management for improved health outcomes in COVID-19 patients’, on Friday, 17 June at 11:15 AM CET. EHMA 2022 Annual Conference&nbs...

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COVIRNA project featured at European events on cardiovascular medicine

COVIRNA project featured at the European events on cardiovascular medicine

In April, the COVIRNA project was featured at three European events focused on cardiovascular medicine. Dr Yvan Devaux, the COVIRNA Project Coordinator, represented the project at the final EU-CARDIOPROTECTION COST Action meeting on 2-4 April in Coimbra (Portugal), 2nd Olympiad in Cardiovascular ...

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lncRNA Biomarker of cardiovascular disease

lncRNA: Biomarker for diagnosing and prognosing cardiovascular diseases

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally. According to the World Health Organisation, an estimated 17.9 million people die each year from CVDs. This represents 32% of all global deaths. CVDs are responsible for twice as many death as cancer in both men and women.&nbs...

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Interview with Dr Kanita Karaduzovic-Hadziabdic

COVIRNA project: Watch the interview with Dr Kanita Karađuzović-Hadžiabdić

Although lungs are the main organs involved in COVID-19, one of the major systems affected by the virus is the cardiovascular system. The presence of preexisting cardiovascular disease increases mortality in patients with COVID-19, and cardiovascular injuries are observed in some patients with CO...

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First COVIRNA Annual Meeting

The First COVIRNA Annual Meeting takes place in Barcelona

The First Annual Meeting of the COVIRNA project took place on 11-12 November 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. The meeting was co-organised by the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), the project coordinator and the Institute of Research of Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (IR-HSCSP). It brought tog...

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COVIRNA project: Early detection for improved cardiovascular health outcomes of the European population

In the spring of 2020, most European citizens, although fearful of the virus the global media was reporting on, could not possibly envisage that their lives would be so dramatically impacted and that the economic, social and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic would be so tangible. Acc...

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