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COVID-19 Vaccine Development Updates

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As of 11 May 2020, the World Health Organization reports that there are currently 8 candidate vaccines in clinical evaluation and 102 candidate vaccines in preclinical evaluation. Considering the lengthy vaccine development process which typically spans between 5 to 7 years, the speed and urgency...

News Release: Patient groups and pharma industry collaborate on a NEW guidance note on best practices for interaction

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Geneva, March 17, 2020 - The International Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations ( IFPMA ) and the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO) announce the launch of an advisory Note for Guidance for IFPMA member companies and associations worldwide on best...

IAPO's Statement on the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The World Health Organization (WHO) Director General declared COVID-19 a pandemic. COVID-19 is no longer a small outbreak affecting a few patients and local communities, nor is it a national epidemic affecting a few countries. It is now a true global pandemic affecting every community and country...

Global Patients Congress 16 -18 April 2020 Postponed

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Since January 2020, the Board of Trustees and the GPC 2020 Programme Committee has been closely monitoring the health and travel advice issued by the World Health Organization (WHO), Public Health England, Chief Medical Officer Scotland and the European Commission on the unfolding COVID-19 crisis...

IAPO's 9th Global Patients Congress - An Introduction to our Plenary Sessions

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We are delighted that so many patient advocates have registered to join us at our 9th Global Patients Congress. Registration is still OPEN for all! The theme Innovative healthcare: co-planning, co-designing & co-delivery celebrates how patient engagement and co-creation continues to be...

Early Bird Tickets for GPC2020 still on sale until 28th February 2020!

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The IAPO 9th Global Patients Congress programme has been designed to educate, inspire and motivate our global memmbership and high level health care stakeholders from across the world. You only have just a few short days to book your early bird tickets with the deadline of the 28th February fast...

73rd World Health Assembly

18 May 2020 to 19 May 2020
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's 73rd World Health Assembly has adopted a virtual setting that will see it take place via video conferencing technology. Additionally it also comes with a greatly modified agenda that currently only has four items with the intent of deferring most matters to...

Submit your abstracts for the ISPOR Asia Pacific 2020 Conference

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ISPOR Asia Pacific 2020—a health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) conference themed “The Next Generation Healthcare in Asia Pacific will take place from 12 -15 September. The confrence will be an opportunity for delegates to learn about HEOR’s role in precision medicine, patient involvement...

Press release: A very exciting partnership

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We are delighted to announce that the International Alliance of Patients Organizations (IAPO) and Upjohn, a Pfizer division have signed a letter of intent to work together to build a sustainable patient-centred approach towards the care of non-communicable diseases (NCD). Through this partnership,...

The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC)

28 January 2020 to 2 February 2020
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IAPO's Chair Ratna Devi, will be speaking at the upcoming Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok, Thailand from 28th Jan - 2 Feb 2020. The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) is an annual international conference focusing on policy-related health issues. The PMAC 2020 is co-hosted by the...

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