PatientsLikeMe Launches New Services That Make Patients Partners in Medical Research | Business Wire

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-06-18

Summary:

"PatientsLikeMe has unveiled a suite of services for pharmaceutical companies that allows them to collaborate with patients on the design of clinical trials and other research. The announcement was made at the 50th annual meeting of the Drug Information Association (DIA) in San Diego, where PatientsLikeMe was awarded the 2014 DIA President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in World Health. The award, accepted on behalf of PatientsLikeMe members and staff by Co-Founder and Chairman Jamie Heywood, is the DIA’s highest, and recognizes significant and innovative contributions to the improvement of world health. 'We’ve nurtured an open, data-sharing environment where members share their experiences to live better, and built a foundation for pharma-patient partnerships that can truly advance medicine. By listening to patients, we can create actionable insights that optimize the design of trial protocols and bring about better treatments, faster.' PatientsLikeMe Vice President of Innovation Paul Wicks, Ph.D. said that with more than 250,000 members reporting on their experiences with 2,000 diseases, PatientsLikeMe has transformed the way patients can shape research. 'We’ve nurtured an open, data-sharing environment where members share their experiences to live better, and built a foundation for pharma-patient partnerships that can truly advance medicine. By listening to patients, we can create actionable insights that optimize the design of trial protocols and bring about better treatments, faster.'  The new services were launched as results from a March 2014 survey of PatientsLikeMe members reveal just how broken the trial process is, and how eager patients are to help fix it ..."

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http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140616005425/en/PatientsLikeMe-Launches-Services-Patients-Partners-Medical-Research#.U6GA2ZSwJIs

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oa.new oa.biomedicine oa.clinical_trials oa.crowd oa.lay oa.patientslikeme oa.announcements oa.pharma

Date tagged:

06/18/2014, 08:12

Date published:

06/18/2014, 04:12