Swiss Foundation for Research on Orphan Diseases

Fondation Suisse pour la Recherche sur les Maladies Orphelines

Fondazione Svizzera per la Ricerca sulle Malattie Orfane

Schweizerische Stiftung für die Forschung seltener Krankheiten

Blackswan foundation

Our Mission

The Foundation’s mission is to encourage therapeutic research for rare and orphan diseases.

Its goals are:

  • To collect funds directed toward research in rare and orphan diseases.
  • To support translational and clinical research by allocating resources to investigators working on rare and orphan diseases.
  • To collect funds directed toward research for a specific rare and orphan diseases (e.g. liver metabolic diseases).
  • To promote and encourage therapeutic trials aimed at developing curative drugs for rare and orphan diseases.
  • To inform the public on rare and orphan diseases.