PIN Symposium - Buenos Aires 2012
Practical information
SOLAPSO, the Latin American Society of Psoriasis, is one of the most active organisations within the Psoriasis International Network (PIN). Under the auspices of PIN, SOLAPSO has organised from November 29 to December 2 2012, in Buenos Aires, the 1st Latin American Congress of Psoriasis. For this occasion SOLAPSO invited PIN to organise an educational symposium on clinical research.
This first PIN Symposium is organised in partnership with LEO Pharma.
The Psoriasis International Network Symposium has been held on December 1st 2012 and has focused on: Clinical and therapeutic research on psoriasis, a worldwide challenge.
The following topics have be addressed:
Psoriasis International Network - what for? for whom? how? - Prof Louis Dubertret, Psoriasis International Network/Fondation René Touraine
Unmet needs of psoriatic patients - Dr Silvia Fernandez Barrio, LATINAPSO
Clinical trials in psoriasis: how to develop new drugs? - Dr. Kim Kjoller, LEO
Regional networks: how to foster their growth? - Prof Nejib Doss, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunisia
Patient education in psoriasis - Carlo Gelmetti, University of Milan, Italy
Why and how to make a survey: usefulness and methodology - Dr Arnon Cohen, Ben-Gurion University, Israel