International Conferences for
Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs

• The abstracts from the ICORD 2014 meeting in Ede were published online in the RARE Journal, Vol 1, No 3 (2014)

• The next annual meeting will be held in Mexico City in October 2015, part of the week of 12-17  Oct.

• The 1st ICORD Workshop ACCORD was held June 18 in Stockholm, Sweden

*Invitation for expressions of interest to host the 2016 and 2017 ICORD meeting*
ICORD members are welcome to send their expression of interest to host the annual ICORD meeting 2016 to the Secretariat by email: icord@karolinska.se.
ICORD also welcomes expressions of interest for the annual ICORD meeting 2017. Please see further information in the following documents
Letter of intent ICORD annual meeting
Annual Meeting Proposal Submission Guidelines

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• ICORD  Declaration for policy and action plans for rare diseases – The “ICORD Yukiwariso Declaration” (PDF)
  -  Go to web page

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Mission

The ICORD mission is to improve the welfare of patients with rare diseases and their families world-wide through better knowledge, research, care, information, education and awareness.

ICORD is an International Society for all individuals active in rare diseases and/or orphan drugs, including health care, research, academic, industry, patient organizations, regulatory authorities, health authorities, and public policy professionals

In order to achieve our aims, ICORD organises annual International Conferences

• ICORD_Application_for_Membership_individual-2014 (Downloadable Word file)
• Read more about the Society