Actors and Networks  

Actors Activity Map

The EuroGCT project will develop a searchable map of the Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP) landscape in Europe, including activity by stakeholders including academic, clinical, translational, industrial (contract research organisations, manufacturing facilities, biotech, pharma) and patient organisations. 

In the meantime, please see: 

Networks

Find here a list of societies, associations, regional, national and international networks for gene and cell therapy.

National and International Societies

• International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy (ISCT)
• The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
• European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) 
• European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ESGCT)
• European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) 
• American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) 
• American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 
• Australasian Gene and Cell Therapy Society (AGCTS) 
• British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (BSGCT) 
• French Society of Cellular and Gene Therapy (SFTCG) 
• German Gene Therapy Society (DGGT) 
• Netherlands Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (NVGCT)
• Swedish Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (SSGCT)
• Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) 

Regional Networks

• Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) 
• ATMP Sweden 
• ATMP manufacture community (amc) 
• ATMP Manufacturing Ireland
• Advanced Therapy Network (ATN) 
• BioPhorum Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) 
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gentherapie e.V. (DG-GT)
• European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) 
• European Patients' Forum (EPF)
• European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP RD) 
• European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)  
• European Confederation of Pharmaceutical Entrepreneurs (EUCOPE)⁤
• EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe 
• EuroStemCell 
• Forum for Innovative Regenerative Medicine (FIRM) 
• The Global Alliance for iPSC Therapies (GAiT)
• Genetic Alliance UK 
• HESI Cell Therapy—TRAcking, Circulation, and Safety (CT-TRACS) committee 
• International Consortium for Personalised Medicine (ICPerMed)
• International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC)
• Stem Cells Australia 
• The Advanced Therapy Treatment Centres (ATTC) Network 
• The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) 
• The International Alliance for Biological Standardization (IABS) 
• UK BioIndustry Association (BIA) 
• RSNN Special Interest Group Advanced Therapies | Regulatory Science Network Netherlands
• Stem Cell Network

EU Projects

• Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Registry (hPSCreg)
• COST Action HAPLO-iPS 
• AUTOSTEM
• AIDPATH
• RESTORE
• EJP RD – European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases
• COST Action CorEuStem – The European Network for Stem Cell Core Facilities
• GAPP JOINT ACTION – Co-Funded by the Health Programme of the EU
• I-BioLex –  Fragmentation and defragmentation of the law on biomedical innovations
• SIENNA Project
• Strengthening Training of Academia in Regulatory Science (CSA STARS) 
• T2Evolve - a consortium working to accelerate the process of developing CAR T-cell therapy in the European Union (EU)
• CREATIC
• CELL-PID
• A list of EU-Funded actions on substances of human origin can be found here

Other International Projects

• Caring Cross

Foundations

• Foundation For Rare Diseases - Finding cures (fondation-maladiesrares.org)
• FAST

National Medicines Agencies

• Austria Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
• Belgium Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products (FAMHP)
• Bulgaria Bulgarian Drug Agency
• Croatia Agency for medicinal products and medical devices of Croatia
• Cyprus Ministry of Health - Pharmaceutical Services
• Czechia State Institute for Drug Control
• Denmark Danish Medicines Agency
• Estonia  State Agency of Medicines
• Finland Finnish Medicines Agency
• France National Agency for the Safety of Medicine and Health Products
• Germany Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
• Germany Paul Ehrlich Institute
• Greece National Organization for Medicines
• Hungary National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition
• Iceland Icelandic Medicines Agency
• Ireland Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA)
• Italy Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA)
• Latvia State Agency of Medicines
• Liechtenstein Office of Health / Department of Pharmaceuticals
• Lithuania State Medicines Control Agency
• Luxembourg Ministry of Health
• Malta Malta Medicines Authority (MMA)
• Netherlands Medicines Evaluation Board
• Netherlands Healthcare and Youth Care Inspectorate, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
• Norway Norwegian Medicines Agency (NoMA)
• Poland Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products
• Poland Chief Pharmaceutical Inspectorate
• Portugal National Authority of Medicines and Health Products (INFARMED)
• Romania National Authority of Medicines and Medical Devices of Romania
• Slovakia State Institute for Drug Control
• Slovenia Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the Republic of Slovenia
• Spain Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products
• Sweden Swedish Medical Products Agency

Other National Competent Authorities in EU

• List of Competent Authorities for Tissues and Cells can be found here
• List Competent Authorities for Blood and Blood Components can be found here

National Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Bodies

• Austria Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment (AIHTA)
• Belgium Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE)
• England The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
• France Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS)
• Hungary National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYÉI)
• Germany Gemeinsamer Bundesausschuss (GBA) 
• Germany The independent Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG)
• Ireland The National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE)
• Italy Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA)
• Netherlands The National Health Care Institute (ZIN)
• Norway Norwegian Medicines Agency (NoMA)
• Portugal National Authority of Medicines and Health Products (INFARMED)
• Scotland Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) 
• Spain Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS)
• Sweden Tandvårds- och läkemedelsförmånsverket (TLV)

Research Ethics Committees

• European Network of Research Ethics Committees (EUREC)
• National associations or national bodies of RECs can be found at: EUREC - National information

Training Providers

Catalogued educational resources and webinars on gene and cell therapies can be found by following the links below: