“Patients Involved” Platform – Get involved in medicines research and development!

Looking for opportunities to get involved in medicines research and development? We are delighted to inform you that new opportunities are listed on the EUPATI webpage “Patients Involved”.

(http://www.patientsacademy.eu/index.php/en/patients-involved)

Where patients and researchers meet

The specific objective of the “Patient Involved” web page is to put researchers in touch with patient representatives willing to contribute to medicines research and development.

Researchers, academic bodies and regulatory authorities are invited to post opportunities on the webpage.

Patients can then browse through the opportunities listed on the webpage, and if they are interested in finding out more, contact the project coordinator directly. 

Please help raise awareness by spreading the word through your own networks!

How can you participate?

The topics and expected contribution of the patient depends very much from one call to the other. It can be attending physically a focus group, joining a committee or responding to a telephone interview. 

Patient involved presents great opportunities to increase patient involvement in medicines R&D; to inform and improve research processes and practices.  

Calls closing soon! Do you want to share your experience of clinical trials and discuss with researchers what worked (less) well? (Deadline: 31 October 2015)

Required participation:

What is needed from the patients: patients with an autoimmune disease who can give suggestions for improvements to the clinical trial participation process from first contact right through to last visit, based on previous experience of clinical trial participation in the past 2 years.

Required participation: This opportunity requires a maximum 3 hours; either by telephone/Skype interview or discussions in person in Brussels or Slough, UK.

Interested? Contact sarah.mertens@ucb.com

How are European patients informed about Clinical Trials? (Deadline: 30 October 2015)

What is needed from the patients: patients who can share their insights on what is currently working well and what the main gaps are to improve the way patients can find information on clinical trials in their vicinity.  Numerous participants from multiple European countries are needed to take part.

Required participation: This opportunity requires approx. 1 hour of each participant’s time. The interviews will be by telephone or face to face.

Interested? Contact Robert Kroes - kroes@lilly.com

More information and more calls

For more information and further calls, check the Patient Involved webpage regularly!
(http://www.patientsacademy.eu/index.php/en/patients-involved)