DIA 48th Annual Meeting
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Patient Advocacy and Your Next Generation of Research: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Accelerate Product Development
Track : Track 03: Innovative Partnering Models and Outsourcing Strategies
Program Code: 306
Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Time: 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM  EST
CHAIR :
Craig Martin, Feinstein Kean Healthcare, United States
PRESENTER (S):
 William Tulskie, Healthcare IT, Inc., United States
George Mulligan, Milennium Pharmaceuticals, United States
Louise Perkins, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, United States
Description
This session provides insights into the rapidly emerging world of collaborations between pharma and patient advocacy organizations to accelerate basic and clinical research by leveraging the data and participation from patients.

Learning Objectives:
Discuss how to develop strategies for partnering with nonprofit patient advocacy organizations
Recognize how to design a research program with a patient advocacy organization
Identify informatics programs to assist with advocacy-partnered research programs.