A system to study the neuro-motor development of premature newborns, a test to help identify cancer patients who can benefit from immunotherapy more than others or, again, a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the ketogenic diet in cases of resistant migraine . The funds made available by Roche Italia and the Roche Foundation are intended for all this, and much more, which today announced the 30 winning projects of three calls for tenders in 2023: the one for “Independent research”, the one for “Advanced clinical research”. support of data managers and research nurses”, and that for services for people with multiple sclerosis. A total of 940 thousand euros go to them, which brings the funds allocated by Roche Italia and its Foundation since the launch of the tenders to over six million.
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400 thousand euros for independent research
For the “Roche Foundation for independent research” call, 8 researchers under 40 have won a total investment of 400 thousand euros. They come from Lombardy (Mario Negri IRCCS Institute of Pharmacological Research; University of Milan Bicocca; Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico; Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research IRCCS-University of Brescia), from Emilia-Romagna (University of Bologna), from Lazio (University of Rome Tor Vergata; Italian Institute of Technology in Rome) and from Liguria (Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology, Neuroscience and smart materials in Genoa). The projects that will receive funding were selected by Roche and the Roche Foundation in collaboration with Springer Nature. “As we move past the first post-pandemic years, it becomes increasingly important to ensure that all aspects of research are accessible, usable, reusable and reproducible, both by researchers and the wider community,” he commented Helena JensenSenior Publishing Manager di Springer Nature.
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300 thousand euros for the tender to support Data Managers and Research Nurses
300 thousand euros instead go to the 10 winners of the 2023 tender “Roche for clinical research – In support of the figures of Data Managers and Research Nurses”, who come from Lombardy (IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, winner with two projects; Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale of Tumors; C. Mondino IRCCS National Neurological Institute Foundation of Pavia), from Emilia-Romagna (IRCCS Neurological Sciences Institute of Bologna – Local Health Authority of Bologna), from Piedmont (Local Health Authority CN2 Alba-Bra; SS Antonio and Biagio and Cesare Arrigo, who won the prize for two research projects), from Tuscany (IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Meyer) and from Lazio (IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli).
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The evaluation and selection of the projects in this case was supported by the Gimbe Foundation. He was the president of the same foundation, Nino Cartabellotta, to explain how the evaluation took place: “The competing projects were evaluated considering two main criteria: the first, which accounts for 90% of the score, is the quality of the project. This is defined based on the relevance of the research question, the methodological rigor and the possible impact on the health and sustainability of the National Health Service. The second criterion, corresponding to 10% of the score, concerns the scientific activity of the organisation, measured by the impact of the scientific publications of its researchers. It is of crucial importance – continues Cartabellotta – to support and promote the work of Data Managers and Research Nurses, recognizing the fundamental role they play in research and innovation in the healthcare sector. Support for these professional figures offers the opportunity to improve the management of clinical trials and make health research an engine of development for our country.”
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240 thousand euros for the development of innovative solutions in multiple sclerosis
On the other hand, 240 thousand euros are allocated to the 12 projects supported by the “Roche for services – In support of innovative solutions in multiple sclerosis” tender, sponsored by AISM, the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Association and evaluated and selected thanks to the collaboration with the Sodalitas Foundation. “We evaluated the projects by looking first of all at their relevance and effectiveness, understood as the ability to generate significant benefits for patients – he explained Alessandro Beda, Managing Director of the Sodalitas Foundation – The selection then took into account the innovativeness, i.e. the ability of the project to perceptibly improve the quality standards of the diagnostic-therapeutic path. Finally, we took into consideration the measurability of the expected results, as well as the fact that the project is replicable so as to be able to generate positive emulation by other Centers in different territories”.
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The winning projects come from Lombardy (IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital; Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale C. Mondino IRCCS of Pavia; Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda), from Veneto (University of Verona – Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement; University of Padua – Department in Neuroscience), from Calabria (Grande Metropolitano Ospedale “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli” di Reggio Calabria), from Tuscany (University of Siena – Department of Medical, Surgical and Neuroscience Sciences), from Campania (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli), Liguria (IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital), Lazio (IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico Università Agostino Gemelli), Sicily (AOOR Villa Sofia – Cervello Palermo) and Puglia (Antonio Perrino ASL Brindisi Hospital).
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The ceremony was also the occasion for the launch of the new edition of the 2024 clinical research and independent research calls. Applications must be submitted online until the beginning of September or the end of July respectively (here and here for further information).