Blog - Patient Focused Medicines Development

EUPATI Belgium: how education can drive patient engagement

by Gary Finnegan · November 15, 2018

Danielle Derijcke, EUPATI Belgium board member, tells Gary Finnegan how the ‘patients academy’ can empower patients to add value to medicines development The European Patients Academy (EUPATI) was launched in 2012 as a five-year initiative funded through the EU Innovative Medicines Initiative. Its mission was to train patients to become experts in how new therapies are developed, funded...

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...

by Danielle Barron · September 21, 2018

Penning the Book of Good Practices

Earlier this year, PFMD launched the first edition of the Book of Good Practices in patient engagement. The unique book details a first...

by Gary Finnegan · September 17, 2018

5 minutes with….the World Alliance of Pituitary Organizations (WAPO)

As part of our series to help the patient engagement community get to know one another, we spoke to Sheila Khawaja and Muriel Marks, board...

by Danielle Barron · September 7, 2018

EUPATI Belgium prepares for take-off

The European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI) aimed to trigger a major rethink in the way patients and the public...

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