patient’s lived experience

Video Vignettes: Through Their Own Eyes: Heart Bypass Surgery

Video Vignettes: Through Their Own Eyes: Heart Bypass Surgery Our hearts start to beat at around a month and a half into pregnancy.1 We may take its constancy for granted until something goes wrong. Worldwide, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death with 17.7 million deaths each year.2 Coronary artery disease [...]

Patient Engagement Leadership Series Part 2: Designing from the Patient Perspective

Patient Engagement Leadership Series Part 2: Designing from the Patient Perspective The patient perspective is based in the lived experience of illness.  Entering into patient-centered or patient informed medication development means understanding that this worldview cannot be provided independently by researchers or clinicians.1 At Sanofi, patient perspectives have been integrated into clinical [...]