
Innovative Therapies in Rare Diseases
URPP ITINERARE: Innovative Therapies in Rare Diseases
Lead: Faculty of Medicine
Involved: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Theology
Start: January 2021
Running time: 12 years
Led by
Prof. Dr. Janine Reichenbach
Prof. Dr. Olivier Devuyst
Prof. Dr. Matthias Baumgartner
New treatments for rare diseases
There is a great need for new therapies to treat rare diseases as well as initiatives that raise the public’s awareness of these conditions. ITINERARE: Innovative Therapies in Rare Diseases is a URPP that seeks to advance the development of new therapies for treating rare diseases while also trying to answer the ethical, legal and pedagogical questions that surround these illnesses.