Introduction to Patient Engagement in Drug Development
Introduction to Patient Engagement in Drug Development is organized by Drug Information Association (DIA).
Release Date: December 26, 2018
Expiration Date: December 26, 2021
Course Description:
An ever-expanding area of collaboration is occurring between patients, patient organizations, industry, regulators, and governmental organizations to ensure that new drugs developed both represent value to the patients they aim to treat, and that the timeframe for providing new innovations to patients is accelerated. Integrating the patient experience from the early stages of drug development through approval and post-marketing is now an accepted norm. However, for many companies, understanding why this is important as well as convincing leadership to invest in these activities can be confusing and elusive. These courses provide fundamentals about why and how to build such a function.
This module is designed to provide the foundational knowledge for integrating the patient perspective into the full medicines lifecycle, including regulatory decision making and post-marketing efforts, which can improve patient outcomes and increase the success of the product. The concepts covered in this course apply to drugs, biologics, devices, and any medical/therapeutic products developed for patient use.
Featured topics:
• What Is Patient Engagement?
• Key Drivers of Patient Engagement
• Benefits and Challenges of Patient Engagement
• Building an Engagement Plan
• Compliance Issues
• Evaluating the Patient Engagement Program: Quality and Impact
Learning objectives:
Upon completion of this module, learners should be able to:
• Describe why integration of the patient perspective is integral for drug development programs
• Determine how other companies have executed and benefited from such programs
• Define what constitutes meaningful engagement from the patient point of view
• List steps a company can take to build a culture of patient engagement and what resources exist to help