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Social Media Communities: Blazing a Trail to New Cures

Social Media Communities: Blazing a Trail to New Cures By Kathleen Hoffman, PhD, MSPH The press makes big news of misinformation spread on social media, but two virtual conferences last week -- Patients as Partners USA and Collaboration for Outcomes using Social Media in Oncology (COSMO) -- featured speakers who became patient advocates for their diseases after participating in social media discussion groups. These speakers found and now share valid information in health communities online, and demonstrate, yet again, how participation in social media has expanded scientific knowledge and research. The Patients as Partners USA conference, a [...]

Looking for Guidance? FDA and PFDD at “Patients as Partners” 2019

Looking for Guidance? FDA and PFDD at "Patients as Partners" 2019 By Hannah Eccard Pujita Vaidya, Senior Advisor, Patient Focused Drug Development (PFDD) program at the Center for Drug Development and Research (CDER) at the FDA, told an audience at the Patients as Partners Conference last week that patients are the experts on their conditions and on day-to-day life with their disease. A patient outcome—where improvement with treatment is meaningful in daily life—can only be understood in a patient’s own words. Vaidya noted that, “patients ‘chief complaints’ may not be factored explicitly into drug development plans.” 1 [...]