Advancing the Science of Patient Input in Medical Product R&D: An Action Collaborative

This collaborative was convened to catalogue current efforts to advance the science of patient input, identify critical gaps in the knowledge base and other barriers that impede progress, prioritize research questions, and lay out next steps to help advance the field. There is growing momentum to incorporate patient input into medical product R&D and regulatory decision-making processes. Converting traditionally anecdotal patient input to rigorous, credible evidence for use by a broad range of stakeholders—including academic and...