About the project
Remuneration of the patient community continues to be a tension point, reducing the ability of both parties to have meaningful and efficient interactions, leading to a call to action for global consistency and transparency.
PFMD membership and contributors are participating in a comprehensive co-creation effort involving key stakeholders and decision-makers to harmonize previous collaborative work and establish a trusted process for fair remuneration of the patient community for interacting with the pharmaceutical industry through patient engagement activities.
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Through co-creation and stakeholder engagement, the project developed resources to support patient engagement partners and drive good practice whilst ensuring compliance with relevant Codes of Conduct and local regulations. Project resources include:
Global Remuneration Principles
Global Principles for remunerating the patient community for interactions with the pharmaceutical industry. Harmonizing and building on previous collaborative work, these Principles provide objective guidance to drive consistent, fair and transparent remuneration.
Global Remuneration Frameworks
Fair remuneration must consider the complexity of the patient engagement activity and the expertise required. To operationalize this aspect of the Global Principles, the Global Activity and Expertise Frameworks were co-created, building on previous collaborative work.
The Frameworks are the foundation of a global methodology for determining fair remuneration.
Fair Patient Engagement Planner
A practical digital tool to define patient engagements and drive transparent dialogue on fair remuneration. The Fair PE Planner operationalizes the Global Principles and applies the Global Activity and Expertise Frameworks and supports users to:
- Define patient engagement activities and the expertise and experience needed
- Find the right expertise match for PE activities
- Facilitate open and transparent dialogue around fair remuneration
- Consistently apply the Global Principles
Resources consulted, adapted, or harmonized in this project
Previous collaborative work to establish a trusted process to remunerate the patient community for interacting
with the pharmaceutical industry has been consulted and harmonized on this project.
Patient Compensation Toolbox by National Health Council (NHC)
Working Together with Patients by The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
Patient Compensation Toolbox by IMI-PARADIGM
Note for Guidance on Patient and Patient Organization Interactions by International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA)
Working with patients and patient organisationsWorking Together with Patients by Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
Steering Committee Members
The project Steering Committee was composed of representatives from the patient community and the pharmaceutical industry. They provided iterative strategic advice, contributed to co-creation and facilitated public consultation on the projects’ deliverables.
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