Participate online tomorrow & Wednesday - EURORDIS Rare Disease Day events!

EURORDIS is delighted to invite you to participate online in two events this week to mark Rare Disease Day 2016

EURORDIS Awards Ceremony Tuesday 23 February 17:00-18:30 GMT+1   See the agenda Watch the EURORDIS Awards Ceremony live tomorrow evening! HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium will present the EURORDIS Awards 2016 at a ceremony in Brussels. You can watch a live web stream of the evening here: www.eurordis.org/2016awards The awards recognise the outstanding commitment and achievements of patient organisations, volunteers, companies, scientists, media and policy makers who have contributed to reducing the impact of rare diseases. Categories are detailed in full here.  Multi-Stakeholder Symposium on Improving Patient Access to Rare Disease therapies Wednesday 24 February 10:30-14:30 GMT+1   See the agenda Participate online in the opening session of this symposium that brings together various relevant stakeholders to discuss the pressing issue of how to improve patients' access to rare disease therapies. Live web streaming available from 10:30 GMT+1 on Wednesday here: www.eurordis.org/rareeu2016  Speakers include Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health & Food Safety and Philippe de Backer, Member of European Parliament, Belgium. Ask questions during the Q&A via the chat box at the above link or via Twitter using#RareEU2016 Rare Disease Day 2016 takes place on 29 February. Visit rarediseaseday.org for more information on how you can get involved!