VISION
EUPATI CH – Patient input for better medicines!
MISSION
Fostering partnerships with medicines R&D stakeholders to promote public involvement in all aspects of medicines R&D. Contributing to patient empowerment for active involvement in medicines R&D and supporting public awareness raising for the EUPATI education material.
OBJECTIVES
The aim of EUPATI CH is to provide access to education and training for patients and other stakeholders in healthcare in order to enable meaningful patient engagement in therapeutic innovation.
In this regard, EUPATI CH seeks to cooperate with existing patient organisations without the intention to compete with them in any way. Further to this, the following activities shall be undertaken or promoted:
- Supporting public awareness raising for the EUPATI education material and providing a respective training adapted to national requirements
- Contributing to patient empowerment for active involvement in therapeutic innovation
- Fostering partnerships with therapeutic innovation stakeholders in Switzerland to promote public involvement in all aspects of therapeutic innovation
VALUES
Objectivity, transparency, ethical conduct, equity, and independence are vital prerequisites to ensure that EUPATI CH achieves its goals and is accepted and valued by both the patient community and the wider public. Core to this are transparency, independence and trust.
The members of the EUPATI CH serve on a voluntary basis and in their individual capacities as experts in their fields or as representatives of their patient organisations, academic or research institutions, health authorities or pharmaceutical companies.
President
Ivo Schauwecker (Patient and academic representative)
Vice-President
Cristiana Sessa (EOC Ticino)
Other board members
Rosmarie Pfau (lymphome.ch, EUPATI Fellow)
Hansruedi Völkle (Positivrat, EUPATI Fellow)
Larisa Aragon (Europa Donna, EUPATI Fellow)
Stephan Schobinger (MPN)
Rosine Mucklow (Patient representative, EUPATI Fellow)
Chantal Britt (Long COVID, EUPATI Fellow)
Ghada Ibrahim (PACRT)
Secretariat
Enrique Heer (Life Science Communication)
Membership application
Membership of EUPATI CH is open to all interested persons: patients, patient advocates, patient organisations, consumer organisations, academics, institutions, university hospitals, healthcare associations, industry representatives, companies, government agencies representatives, regulatory authorities, medical journalists.
Please send your completed application form for membership to the Executive Board, via its secretariat. By applying for membership (in writing or verbally) you automatically agree with our statutes.
The Executive Board will inform you on its decision on your membership application.
Categories of membership
EUPATI CH has the following membership categories:
- Ordinary member as an individual,
- Ordinary member as a representative of an organisation (representing on behalf of the organisation)
- Supporting member (without voting right)
Application form
You can download the application form here
Membership fees
Membership fees for 2024 were determined by the General Assembly on April 25, 2024, a hardship clause exists for individuals who cannot pay this amount (see statutes):
- Individual persons: CHF 30.-
- Representatives of Institutions / Organisations: CHF 50.- (but are most welcome to pay a higher amount)
- Supporting Institutions / Organisations: CHF 2000.-
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