PROTECT - NEW journal publications

PROTECT Work Package 2 (Framework for pharmacoepidemiology studies) publishes first results on balancing confounders using propensity score methods and selection of confounding variables for adjustment.

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PROTECT at ICPE - abstracts now available online

Several PROTECT researchers presented their results at the 27th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management which took place in August in Chicago. The abstracts have been published in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety.

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List of all presentations and

Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety (Volume 20, Issue Supplement S1)

IMI Stakeholders Forum 2011
IMI held its 2011 Stakeholder Forum on Thursday 12 May in Budapest, Hungary as part of the World of Health IT (WoHIT) eHealth week. Following an invitation by IMI JU the European Medicines Agency represented PROTECT at this event and presented the achievements to date. IMI Executives highlighted PROTECT as a good example of the involvement of regulatory agencies in IMI funded projects.

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IMI JU has approved 1st Project Report
The first periodic report covering the first 12 months of PROTECT (1 September 2009 – 31 August 2010) has been endorsed by the Innovative Medicines Initiative. The report was well received and the consortium was commended on the quality of the report. A summary of the project’s progress made during this period is available on the PROTECT website.

For more information see: Summary of First Periodic Report

PROTECT External Advisory Board Meeting

The third joint meeting of the PROTECT External Advisory Board and the Steering Committee took place in February 2011. The External Advisory Board reviewed the progress made so far by the individual work packages and provided recommendations for the implementation of the research agenda. It was concluded that the achievements of the project to date were remarkable and the consortium has met the challenge of the project’s considerable scope. The Board also praised the fact that already a number of publications and presentations have emerged or are under preparation. The next joint meeting is scheduled to take place during the first half of 2012.

Summary of Periodic Report No. 1

The summary of the first Periodic Report is now available online. The report addresses the achievements of the 1st project year, starting on 1 September 2009 and ending on 31 August 2010. The report is a joint effort of the PROTECT Consortium and reflects the progress and main results achieved by the project so far.

For more information see: Summary of First Periodic Report

New PROTECT Partners

Two new partners have recently joined the PROTECT Consortium. Poznan University of Medical Sciences, a leading Polish medical centre, will mainly contribute to Work Package 4. The second new partner is Takeda Global Research and Development (Europe) Ltd, a research-based global company headquartered in Japan. Takeda will be represented in Work Packages 3 and 5.

For more information see: PROTECT Partners and Work Programme

PROTECT Consortium Assembly

The 2010 Consortium Assembly took place on 14 October 2010 at the premises of the European Medicines Agency in London. The Assembly reviewed the progress and costs of the project during the first year. An operational and managerial framework as well as the budget for the forthcoming project year were adopted. The final report will be sent to the IMI-JU project office within the next days.

End of Project Year 1

31 August 2010 marks the end of the first out of five project years for PROTECT. The progress report is currently under preparation, a summary of which will be made publicly available once it has been approved by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI).

IMI Stakeholder Forum

The Innovative Medicines Initiative welcomed industry representatives, regulators, policy makers, scientific experts, patient representatives and science leaders at its first Stakeholder Forum in Brussels. The event featured presentations and discussions about the ongoing IMI projects, the IMI research agenda, the 3rd Call (2010) research topics and the IMI intellectual property policy.

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PROTECT has signed IMI Grant Agreement

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