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EUPATI
A Revolutionary Initiative Driving Successful Patient
Engagement through Education
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ith its long expertise in the healthcare field and
recognition as an objective education provider,
EUPATI (The European Patients Academy on
Therapeutic Innovation) is a valuable resource for anyone
looking to do Patient Engagement. It can be done through
its publicly available tools or by collaborating to find a
solution to the clients’ specific needs.
The patient community has dreamt to empower patients to
be an active partner in medicines research and development
(R&D) for some time. In some disease areas, the patient
community has been involved in R&D for a decade or two,
which needed an advanced and systematic approach.
EUPATI seamlessly implements a structured program that
trains patients and patient advocates on how drug
development works and how all the regulatory processes
around it. It also educates the stakeholders to engage
patients on how to do so in an effective and systematic way.
Illustrious Course
The EUPATI Expert Training Course is an exciting and
unique opportunity offering patients and patient advocates
the expert-level training in medicines research and
development. It is a mixture of independent e-learning
coursework and face-to-face training events spread over a
14-month period.
EUPATI provides support through the toolbox and guidance
documents for all stakeholders to enable effective
engagement of patients. It will be releasing training for
industry in 2019 and for other stakeholders in the future.
The academy believes that for effective patient engagement,
it is necessary to ensure that all involved stakeholders have
the capacity to implement systematic patient engagement.
Matthew May
Program Coordinator
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December 2018
EUPATI was established in the first instance to increase
capacity within the patient community by developing
training and information material dedicated to increasing
the knowledge of patient advocates so they can operate at
an expert level. This gave rise towards the contribution to
the establishment of frameworks under which patients can
successfully and ethically work with other stakeholders to