XII EUROPEAN PATIENTS’ RIGHTS DAY 2018
Therapeutic adherence: value the impact for patients and healthcare system
23 May 2018 9:30 - 13:00
Room PHS - P7C050, European Parliament
PROGRAMME
Translation EN – ITA will be provided
09:00 Arrival & Accreditation
Meeting point: Info Point on the left of Altiero Spinelli (ASP) entrance from Place du Luxembourg
Chair: Neil Betteridge - Neil Betteridge Associates
9:30 - 10:00 Opening remarks
- MEP David Borrelli, Non attached Group
- Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety (video message)
- Mariano Votta, Active Citizenship Network
10:00 - 10:30 1st Session
“Therapeutic adherence and its implications of patients and healthcare systems”
- Martin Seychell, Deputy Director General, DG SANTE
- MEP Elena Gentile, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
- MEP José Inácio Faria, Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
- Andy Powrie Smith, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries (EFPIA)
10:30 - 11:45 2nd Session
“Empowering the Patient: dispelling the myths and identifying opportunities”
How adherence affects specific diseases and the patient organisations’ role in overcoming the barriers they face.
- Tiziana Nicoletti, Cittadinanzattiva, National Coalition of Associations for Patients suffering Chronic Diseases (CNAMC), Italy
- Donna Walsh, European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA)
- Svein Olaf Olsen, European Huntington Association, Norway
- Guendalina Graffigna, EngageMinds Hub Research Center,Catholic University of Sacro Cuore, Italy
- Catherine Weil Olivier, Coalition for life course immunization, France
- Matteo Buccioli, Italian Federation IPF and Rare Pulmonary Diseases (FIMARP Onlus)
- MEP Brando Benifei, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
Questions & Answers
11:45 – 13:00 3rd Session
“From the therapeutic adherence to the therapeutic alliance: a collaborative approach”
How can healthcare stakeholders work together to help support initiatives to improve adherence?
- Kiril Soleski, Association of Doctors with Interdisciplinary Approach for Children with Disabilities (ADICD), Macedonia
- Jamie Wilkinson, Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)
- Alessia Gramuglia, European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN)