Working Together Wins The Day

If the constant talk about collaboration reflects an awkward truth, it ’s that pharma’s silos too often silence the patient voice and stymie progress. Today, Jen Horonjeff was named this year ' s Patient Advocate for her efforts in breaking down these barriers — both in her personal and professional life — at eyeforpharma’s annual Philadelphia event.She praised the Patient Advocate award for shining a light on the value that comes from collaborating with patients to co-create solutions, and for recognizing the efforts that are happening outside of the industry.“It is such an honour to win an award like this at an organisation that notoriously highlights how pharmaceutical companies are bringing more patients into the conversation and are recognizing them for their efforts to help the industry to do better. Together we can make better products and servic es and I am honoured to be regarded as helping to facilitate that collaboration.”In naming the initiative as the winner of the 2018 Patient Advocate award, the panel of expert judges — comprising patients, patient advocates, healthcare professionals and senior pharma executives — championed the company ' s enterprising strategy and the scale of what it has managed to achieve in such a short amount of time.Horonjeff is the brainchild behindSaavy Cooperative, a patient-driven, patient-owned platform that provides a marketplace for patient insights. It connects professionals (academics, market researchers, produ...
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