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OUR 2025... IN NUMBERS!

Looking back on 2025, we are proud of a year marked by new projects, new team members, impactful publications, events, numerous reports produced, and extensive engagement across our community. This progress was made possible by the trust of our collaborators and... - Read more
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PROBE project announces launch – big data approaches to improve osteoarthritis (OA) outcomes

Patient Relevant Osteoarthritis endpoints using Big data Evaluation (PROBE) project receives the green light from the Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (IHI JU) to begin its ambitious goal of using big data to improve osteoarthritis outcomes by developing tools for more... - Read more
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THE management of research investigating dementia, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE and NEURODEGENERATIVE CONDITIONS

The societal impact of dementia and neurodegenerative (ND) conditions cannot be overstated. As of 2019, dementia was affecting around 11 million people in Europe and 55 million people worldwide, and with Europe’s ageing population, the number of individuals with Alzheimer’s... - Read more
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OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS IN 2025

We're proud to share that SYNAPSE has contributed to three impactful scientific publications so far in 2025, underlining our commitment to advancing real-world data, AI, and data-driven research. Our team members – Montse Camprubí, Inari Soininen, and Noemí Manero... - Read more
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VICT3R webinar series wraps up successful first edition WITH 12 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL sessions co-hosted by SYNAPSE

From January to July 2025, SYNAPSE proudly co-organized the first edition of VICT3R: Virtually Speaking, a dynamic webinar series that brought together scientific and technical experts to discuss key topics shaping the future of toxicology. - Read more
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Launch of the IHI JU GREG initiative: Revolutionizing Real-World Evidence practices in Europe

The start of the GREG project – Testing, improving, and co-creating Guidance and Tools for Real-World Evidence (RWE) Generation and Use for Decision-Making in Europe – marks a major step forward to support better decision-making for regulators and HTA bodies by.... - Read more
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NEW EVENT REPORT PUBLISHED BY THE INNOVATIVE HEALTH INITIATIVE (IHI)

IHI held a workshop in Brussels in October 2024 aiming at examining how IHI (and former IMI) projects have faced the challenges and exploited the opportunities regarding real-world data, digital health and artificial intelligence in Europe. A report has been recently published... - Read more
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Launched in 2019, TransBioLine completed its 6 years of IMI funding in January 2025

TransBioLine was one of the largest projects in the area of clinical biomarker research in drug-induced injury, aiming at the identification and qualification of safety biomarkers for... - Read more
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READI Project: Transforming Clinical Studies for Inclusive, Equitable Health Research

The launch of the READI project (Research in Europe and Diversity Inclusion) in January 2025 marks a significant step towards a more inclusive and equitable future for clinical research in... - Read more
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The EHDEN project, launched in November 2018, wrapped-up its initial phase at a two-day event IN BARCELONA

The overarching theme of Day 1 was “celebration” in which a large group of the EHDEN Community consisting of Consortium Members, SMEs, and Data Partners came together to look... - Read more
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LAUNCH OF THE VICT3R INITIATIVE: TRANSFORMING TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH THROUGH VIRTUAL CONTROL GROUPS

September 2024 marked a groundbreaking milestone in the evolution of preclinical safety assessments with the launch of the VICT3R initiative. - Read more
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The final HTx General Assembly and Expert Forum took place between the 23rd & 24th of May in Sitges, Spain

The two-day meeting of consortium members and external HTA experts was organised by SYNAPSE and included presentations looking back at the project’s achievements and the... - Read more
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INTERVIEW WITH ESTEFANiA CALLADO aBOUT ERA4TB

Estefanía Callado, our Senior Project Manager, shares her insight about ERA4TB project and her role as member of the Project Management Office. - Read more
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IHI launches AD-RIDDLE A NEW INITIATIVE TO REVOLUTIONISE THE WAY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IS DETECTED, DIAGNOSED, PREVENTED, AND TREATED

The AD-RIDDLE consortium brings together a unique, interdisciplinary collaboration of academic institutions and healthcare providers, pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies, regulatory bodies, and patient advocacy organisations. - Read more
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15 years of enjoying projects

2023 has been a very special year for us: we have celebrated our 15th anniversary. Since 2008, we strive to apply our project management skills to help the acceleration of health research projects. - Read more
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SYNAPSE AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

The societal impact of dementia and neurodegenerative (ND) conditions cannot be overstated. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) alone is estimated to affect 7 million people in Europe at present, entailing consequences for individuals, their families, carers and healthcare services. - Read more
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Europe’s Innovative Health Initiative awards prestigious grant “CLAIMS”, Enabling Precision Medicine for MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Through the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI), the European Commission, together with several industry partners supports the CLAIMS (Clinical impact through AI-assisted MS care) project for almost 10 million euros. The project will run over the next 4 years to realize a (...) - Read more
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The 4th OHDSI European Symposium was held July 1-3 2023 in Rotterdam, with the title “Full steam ahead”

More than 350 collaborators gathered together during these 3 days, coming from all over the planet, and almost half of them being new to OHDSI, which proves the real uptake that OMOP is having in the Real World Data space. (...) - Read more
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ANNOUNCING THE launch of PROMINENT, a collaborative pan-European initiative funded through the Innovative Health Initiative

The project will create a digital platform for precision medicine to improve the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative disease and co-morbidities. The overriding objective is to assist clinicians with individualised decision support in the evaluation of patients with (...) - Read more
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DARWIN EU® launches an Open Call

In March 2023, the DARWIN EU® Coordination Centre (CC) launched its Open Call, providing an opportunity for healthcare data custodians to submit their interest in joining the DARWIN EU® initiative and data network (...) - Read more
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Interview with Inari Soininen, winner of the ‘Outstanding Individual Industry Contribution Award’ of the eTRANSAFE project

"Synapse has had a dynamic and central role in eTRANSAFE since its onset. As the managing partner, Synapse has participated in all the stages of the project from its (...) - Read more
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Montse Camprubí: The Community Manager Driving EHDEN’s Success

Montse Camprubí is the Community Manager of EHDEN, a European federated network creating an open science community in Europe that supports methods, tools, and skills that promote collaborative research, as well as advocates for the acceptance of Real World Data (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE ANNUAL TEAM MEETING AND WORKSHOP in barcelona

The entire SYNAPSE team gathered in Barcelona for a special annual meeting to close the year. The session was very collaborative, and included several sessions with a summary of the year and the challenges ahead, plus different workshops to enhance team dynamics (...) - Read more
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5TH TRANSBIOLINE CONSORTIUM MEETING IN BARCELONA

On the last 27th – 28th of October, nearly 50 representatives of TransBioLine consortium met face-to-face in Barcelona for the first time after the pandemic to hold the 5th Consortium Meeting, a 2-day event organised by SYNAPSE (...) - Read more
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INTERview with mery loor, member of amypad's project management office

After nearly 25 years of experience working with complex research projects, Synapse is well aware of the importance of going beyond classical project management (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE ORGANIZES THE HTX FORUM AND EXPERT MEETINGS 2022 IN BARCELONA

On the 3-4 of October, we organised a successful HTx Forum and Expert Meeting 2022 in Barcelona where more than 40 HTA experts gathered for this 2-day event - Read more
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SYNAPSE PARTICIPATES AT THE FINAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING 2022 OF AMYPAD IN AMSTERDAM

Mery Loor and Sandra Pla, our Project Managers and lead members of AMYPAD’s Project Management Office, played part of the plenary session ‘Management of year 6’ at (...) - Read more
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final interview with carlos díaz, neuronet's project coordinator

The IMI call itself was in a way acknowledging that the project-based structure in the IMI neurodegeneration field was suffering from fragmentation. Our contribution was to design an action that would effectively alleviate the problems derived from every project (...) - Read more
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14TH CORPORATE ANNIVERSARY

We’re celebrating 14 years of continuous support to complex research and development of biomedical projects (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE BRINGS TOGETHER THE PARTNERS AND MEMBERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF THE NEURONET EUROPEAN INITIATIVE

Representatives of NEURONET partner organizations and members of its Scientific Coordination Committee (SCB) met last July 1st in Barcelona to compile and evaluate the (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE ORGANIZES THE 15TH ETRANSAFE CONSORTIUM MEETING IN BARCELONA

The first face-to-face meeting of the project since 2020 was held in Barcelona in June 2022, featuring the First Edition ofthe eTRANSAFE Awards (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE CO-ORGANIZES THE 5TH CONSORTIUM MEETING OF ERA4TB IN MADRID

Last 20th – 21st June, more than 120 representatives of ERA4TB partners met in Madrid after 2 years with the occasion of the 5th Consortium Meeting, an event co-organised by (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE PARTICIPATES AT THE FINAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING OF TRANSQST

Inari Soininen, our Senior Project Manager, led twoplenary sessions providing an overview of dissemination highlights and projectclosing requirements (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE participates in the 15th annual conference of the biological research technology platforms

Sandra Pla, COO of Synapse Research Management Partners, participated on June 1 at the XV Conference of Biomedical Research Technology Platforms as a member of a round (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE WILL CONTRIBUTE WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO DARWIN EU® INITIATIVE

The Erasmus MC has been contracted by the European Medicines Agency to establish the Coordination Centre for the Data Analysis and Real World Interrogation Network (...) - Read more
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NEURONET PUBLICATION ON HEALTH EUROPA QUARTERLY DIGITAL

The Health Europa Quarterly digital publication brings together a variety of voices in the healthcare arena to highlight the latest trends and most cutting-edge developments in European health and healthcare research and policy (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE PARTICIPATES IN THE 31ST ALZHEIMER EUROPE CONFERENCE

The annual conference was heldvirtually (29th of November -1st of December 2021) under the motto “Resilience indementia: Moving beyond the COVID-19 pandemic” this week (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE IN THE SESSION “EUROPEAN BUSINESS PROJECTS: SUCCESS STORIES”

Elena Del Rey, Head of Business Development and Services at SYNAPSE, participated on the 29th of November as a panelist in the networking session “European Business Projects: success stories”, organised in Madrid by Confederación Empresarial de Madrid (CEIM), and (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE PARTICIPATES AT THE WEBINAR “EU FINANCING FOR PROJECTS R+D+I: HEALTHCARE SECTOR”

The virtual webinar organized by Confederación Empresarial de Madrid (CEIM) and the community of Madrid, focused on European funding for projects on R+D+I in the healthcare (...) - Read more
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EHDEN LAUNCHES THE EHDEN LEGAL ENTITY

EHDEN announces the creations of a new legal entity, a not-for-profit incorporated in The Netherlands which objective will be to transition the project into a long-term, sustainable operation from 2024. The new legal entity will facilitate the developing ecosystem (...) - Read more
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announcing the launch of neuronet knowledge base

The members of the Neuronet (Efficiently Networking European Neurodegeneration Research) programme are pleased to announce the launch of a pan-European Knowledge Base which brings together key information about the 18 projects of the Innovative Medicines (...) - Read more
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NEURONET ANNUAL EVENT AT THE 30TH ALZHEIMER EUROPE CONFERENCE

This year the 30th Alzheimer Europe Conference was hosted online from 20 to 22 October 2020. The Neuronet sessions held as part of the conference were designed to showcase the work of IMI neurodegeneration projects in key areas (data sharing and accessibility, working (...) - Read more
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THE HARMONY ALLIANCE LAUNCHES HARMONY PLUS, A NEW PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS WITH BLOOD CANCERS

HARMONY PLUS will build upon the success of HARMONY, which is currently using the power of Big Data to speed up the development of improved treatments and more effective (...) - Read more
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NEURONET CONVENES 5TH MEETING OF ITS SCIENTIFIC COORDINATION BOARD

Our Scientific Coordination Board (also known as the SCB) plays a central role in determining how we direct our efforts. As leaders of IMI neurodegeneration projects, the SCB members bring wide-ranging scientific, clinical, R&D and computational expertise to the table, helping (...) - Read more‍

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SYNAPSE NOW RANKS #1 SME in europe in the health domain

Horizon 2020 (H2020) is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme with €77 billion of funding available over seven years (2014-2020). H2020 helps Europe to produce world-class science and makes it easier for the public and private sectors to work together in deploying (...) - Read more
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ERA4TB, AN INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENTS AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS

The ERA4TB (European Regimen Accelerator for Tuberculosis) project is a public-private initiative dedicated to the development of drugs against tuberculosis. (...) - Read more
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THE imi project DRIVE EXPLAINS ITS UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE GOVERNANCE IN A NEW VIDEO

Understanding the effectiveness of influenza vaccinesis a priority for both public health experts and vaccine manufacturers. DRIVE is a public-private partnership initiative setup to (...) - Read more
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THE NEURONET COORDINATION AND SUPPORT ACTION ON NEURODEGENERATION RESEARCH, led by SYNAPSE, LAUNCHES ITS WEBSITE

The Neuronet (Efficiently Networking European Neurodegeneration Research) communication team is proud to announce the launch of the official project website (...) - Read more
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NEURONET 1st SCIENTIFIC COORDINATION BOARD MEETING BRINGS TOGETHER THE LEADERS FROM IMI NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE PROJECTS

NEURONET, the new Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) Coordination and Support Action (CSA) aiming to support and better integrate projects in the IMI Neurodegenerative (...) - Read more
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INNOVATIVE MEDICINES INITIATIVE LAUNCHES TRANSLATIONAL SAFETY BIOMARKER PIPELINE PROJECT

The Synapse team is delighted to announce the launch of a new Innovative Medicines Initiative project, the Translational Safety Biomarker Pipeline (TransBioLine) Project (...) - Read more
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HTX PROJECT STARTS ITS FIVE‐YEAR PROGRAMME

The SYNAPSE team is delighted to announce the launch of a new Horizon 2020 project, the HTx Project, which will operate in Europe for the coming five years, 2019 – 2023.The overall objective of HTx is to create a framework for next generation Health Technology Assessment (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE IS A SILVER SPONSOR OF THE XI EDITION OF THE CLINICAL TRIALS ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (CTAD)

This year SYNAPSE, on behalf of the IMI project ROADMAP, sponsors the eleventh edition of the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) that will take place on October (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE – FACTS AND FIGURES

Ten years ago Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking (IMI-JU) was created as a unique public-private partnership between the European Commission and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) aiming to accelerate (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE: FROM PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO VALUE CREATION

SYNAPSE is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The company has been steadily growing in size, expertise and in the complexity of the projects it is involved in. The SYNAPSE Executive Committee is fully engaged in a reflection to take stock of what has been achieved (...) - Read more
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CARLOS DÍAZ PRESENTED THE ROADMAP PROJECT AT THE XI ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS

This year SYNAPSE, on behalf of the IMI project ROADMAP, sponsors the eleventh edition of the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) that will take place on October (...) - Read more
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SYNAPSE SUPPORTS THE ASSOCIATION OF FAMILIES AFFECTED BY FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME (AFASAF) THROUGH ITS SOCIAL PROGRAMME

In the frame of its Social Programme, Synapse has sponsored the AFASAF, a non-profit association of families affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) (...) - Read more
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Selected articles from this year.