Archive – PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

The new US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s guidance paper on incorporating voluntary patient preference information over the total product cycle, and what It means for patient organisations, March 30, 2026

Jan Geissler, Founder and CEO of Patvocates, a think tank, consultancy and social enterprise on patient advocacy and patient engagement in research, has analysed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s newly issued guidance paper titled “Incorporating Voluntary Patient Preference Information over the Total Product Life Cycle Guidance for Industry, Food and Drug Administration Staff, and […]

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A review of the book “The Patient Priority”, authored by Stefan Larsson, Jennifer Clawson and Joshua Kellar, August 2025

Steven Gijssels is Chair of the Patient Expert Center in Belgium. He has recently published a review of the book “The Patient Priority” by Stefan Larsson, Jennifer Clawson and Joshua Kellar, three Boston Consulting Group consultants. The book calls for integrated care, more efficient reimbursement models, and outcome-focused evaluations of healthcare interventions. Tracking patient outcomes

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The Health Policy Partnership teams up with a multidisciplinary group of international experts to develop a policy toolkit for pulmonary arterial hypertension

The The Health Policy Partnership, a UK-based specialist health policy consultancy. convened a multidisciplinary group of international experts – consisting of pulmonary arterial hypertension patient advocates, cardiologists and pulmonologists – to support the development of a range of advocacy resources. The expert steering committee includes Dr Pilar Escribano Prof. Marc Humbert, Prof Nicholas Kolaitis, Prof

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Impressive numbers for the latest edition of World Pulmonary Hypertension Day: full report in the summer 2024 edition of Mariposa, PHA Europe’s journal

World Pulmonary Hypertension Day (May 5) is increasingly becoming a pivotal global event for raising awareness about the condition and advocate for improved care, as highlighted by the impressive figures shared in the latest edition of PHA Europe’s magazine, Mariposa. Launched by the Asociación Nacional de Hipertensión Pulmonar ANHP in 2012, World PH Day is

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Key insights from the “Patient Perspective” article in the World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension (WSPH) proceedings, European Respiratory Journal, August 29, 2024

The full proceedings of the World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension which was held in Barcelona 29.6-1.7, 2024, have now been published in the European Respiratory Journal at this link. The proceedings cover the work of the 15 task forces; Task Force n°1’s article is titled “Exploring the patient perspective in pulmonary hypertension” (see below for

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“The added value of patient associations”, a publication by the European Patient Forum (EPF)

The European Patient Forum (EPF) published in 2017 a booklet titled “The Added Value of Patient Organizations”, which captures the crucial role of patient organizations in healthcare policy, capacity building, peer support, and research and development, as well as the challenges they face. This booklet highlights the significant impact these organizations have on shaping health

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