Blog - Patient Focused Medicines Development

Wanted: patient engagement co-creators

by Gary Finnegan · December 10, 2018

PFMD is inviting the patient engagement contributors community to join a global collective effort to advance patient engagement Patient-Focused Medicines Development (PFMD) welcomes expressions of interest to join patient engagement work streams in 2019. The move will kick-start a busy year, leading to concrete results by Q1 2020. Read...

by Gary Finnegan · December 6, 2018

My journey into the world of patient engagement

Guest blog post authored by Paola Kruger (patient expert) and edited by Gary Finnegan (Editorial Coordinator, Patients Focused Medicine...

by Ifeanyi Sargeant · November 29, 2018

The climate of patient engagement is changing from ‘should we’, to ‘how should we’

The article is written by Dr Katherine Deane and edited by Ifeanyi Sargeant (Editorial Coordinator, Patients Focused Medicine...

by Gary Finnegan · November 15, 2018

EUPATI Belgium: how education can drive patient engagement

Danielle Derijcke, EUPATI Belgium board member, tells Gary Finnegan how the ‘patients academy’ can empower patients to add value to...

by Anne-Marie Hamoir · October 19, 2018

Cochrane embraces Patient Engagement

If you were looking for a sign that patient engagement is going mainstream, here it is: this year’s Cochrane Colloquium shone its...

by Danielle Barron · October 5, 2018

Building the next generation of patient advocates

Interview with Dr Derick Mitchell, Chief Executive of Irish Platform for Patient Organisations, Science & Industry (IPPOSI) As...

by Roxana · October 25, 2018

Servier joins Patient-Focused Medicines Development (PFMD) Collective Platform

PFMD is an independent collaborative initiative working to make patient engagement happen throughout the lifecycle of drug development....

by Danielle Barron · October 15, 2018

PFMD and PARADIGM: Complementary projects driving patient engagement forward

Interview with Nicola Bedlington, Secretary General at European Patients’ Forum (EPF). PFMD and PARADIGM are two parallel projects...

by Danielle Barron · October 1, 2018

FDA prioritizes patient engagement

The past two decades have witnessed the evolution of patient engagement as a priority at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US....

by Gary Finnegan · September 28, 2018

Pledging to patients: what can you to do enhance patient engagement?

Dr Cyndi Grossman, Director, explains why FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute is encouraging patient engagement advocates to...