2022 CoRE Scientific Conference — Patients as Partners for Health

2022 CoRE Scientific Conference — Patients as Partners for Health: Co-creating Equitable Access to Health Products and Services

The Coalition to Accelerate Patient Engagement in Asia-Pacific (CAPE) is the first patient engagement platform rooted in Asia and works across disease areas, engaging all relevant health stakeholders including patient organisations, healthcare providers, national regulatory agencies, health ministries and industry.

This conference held on the 4th to 5th October, discussed trends, global practices, and addressed key challenges in areas of patient engagement for health products access equity and sustainable health systems.

Highlights from the conference

2:06 Welcome Remarks by Scientific Chair
Adj Prof John Skerritt
Adjunct Professor, University of Sydney; Deputy Secretary, Australian Department of Health; Special Advisor, CoRE Advisory Board

17:26 Welcome Remarks by Scientific Vice Chair
Dr Lembit Rago
Secretary-General, Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS), Switzerland

24:55 Opening Speech by Guest of Honour
Dr Janil Puthucheary
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information & Ministry of Health, Singapore

47:40 Plenary I - Patients as Active Partners in The Development, Regulation, and Use of Medicines
Session chair
Prof John Lim
Executive Director, Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE)
Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

Speakers & Panellists
Dr Margaret Hamburg
Chair, CoRE Advisory Board; Former Commissioner, U.S. Food And Drug Administration, United States of America

Dr Juan Garcia Burgos
Head, Public and Stakeholders, Engagement Department, Stakeholders and Communication Division, European Medicines Agency (EMA), The Netherlands

Dr Yasuhiro Fujiwara
Chief Executive, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, Japan

Mr François Houÿez
Director, Treatment Information and Access, European Organisation for Rare Diseases, (EURORDIS), France

1:51:30 Plenary II – Putting the Patient at the Forefront of Patient Engagement
Session Chair
Mr Rajakanth R
Principal Consultant, Manifeste LLP, Executive Director
Rainbow Across Borders Ltd, Singapore

Speakers & Panellists
Prof Carmencita D Padilla
Chancellor, University of the Philippines Manila; Founding Chair, Philippine Society for Orphan Disorders, Philippines

Dr Elisabeth Oehrlein
Founder and CEO, Applied Patient Experience, LLC, United States of America

Adj Prof Tarun Weeramanthri
President, Public Health Association of Australia; Governing Council, World Federation of Public Health Association, School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia

2:50:46 Closing Remarks by Prof John Lim