EPAMed Lecture Series, Winter Term 2024 / 2025

Part 1: Wednesday, 16.10.2024, 2pm - 4pm
Institute of Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine, Seminarraum 2. OG, Lessingstraße 2, D-80336 München, or Online

Introduction to the Topic by Jakub Fusiak, Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology, LMU
Methods to Incorporate Patient Preferences into Medical Decision Making

Invited Speaker: Tommi Tervonen, PhD, chief scientist at Kielo Research
Patient Preferences Across the Medicine Lifecycle

Abstract: Patient preference data is commonly used to understand how patients value different benefits, side effects, and administration features of medical products. In this presentation, I will discuss the use of patient preferences across the medicine's lifecycle, from clinical development through regulatory authorization and health technology assessment to informing shared decision-making at the point of care. I will present influential studies that have changed how treatment benefits are perceived in respiratory diseases, oncology, and immunology. Finally, I will outline the key current methodological and applied research questions.

Tommi Tervonen, PhD, is the chief scientist at Kielo Research. Dr. Tervonen is an expert in using patient preferences for drug development, he has served as principal investigator in dozens of patient preference studies.