Mission
Personalized medicine for the benefit of the patients and the health care system
Aims
- Popularization of the concept of personalized medicine (treatment of the disease or determination of a patient’s predisposition to a particular disease via a molecular genetic analysis in order to achieve an optimal medical result) among medical specialists, health care facilities, institutions and patients’ communities;
- Popularization of the contribution of personalized medicine to modern health care and affirmation of the societal significance of personalized medicine in the health care system;
- Assurance of the access of patients to innovations in the diagnostics and therapy in the field of personalized medicine.
Our efforts aim to raise awareness regarding all aspects of personalized medicine, the identification of sustainable solutions and the establishment of a working scheme for its application because “Each patient matters!”
BAPEMED works in close collaboration with the existing organizations to improve the comprehension of the concept of personalized medicine and the corresponding issues, by unifying and optimizing the efforts of all stakeholders.
Activities
- Provides the viewpoints of leading professionals on public policy issues concerning personalized medicine;
- Aids the clarification of the benefits of personalized medicine for the public and individual health to the general public, the administrative structures which establish health policies, government members, the public administration, representatives of the National Health Insurance Fund and private health insurance funds;
- Represents a forum for the identification of public policies which hinder the achievement of the anticipated results by personalized medicine and aids in the establishment of sustainable solutions and the corresponding regulatory framework.
- Establishes the required circumstances to achieve a consensus regarding crucial public and health policy issues and supports the necessary changes in order to raise the public interest and to support the implementation of personalized medicine.
Public policy of BAPEMED
BAPEMED aims to create a favourable environment for the development of personalized medicine. The association works to improve the awareness and training of the authorities and structures which create the regulatory framework and the reimbursement mechanisms of personalized medicine products. Based on the diversity of its members, BAPEMED supports the creation of a national strategy for more extensive application of personalized medicine and a rise in the investments in the field of personalized medicine. The association works in close collaboration with the existing organizations for the development of personalized medicine in Bulgaria and the solution of the corresponding issues by unifying and optimizing the efforts of all stakeholders.
- Collaborates with the organizations, members and external experts to identify, analyse, and solve the ethical, legal, and public impact of personalized medicine;
- Informs and educates the authorities and institutions responsible for the establishment of healthcare policies about the advantages of personalized medicine and the necessity of its development;
- Protects and supports the individuals who perform personalized medicine trainings in the government sector and the private sector;
- Provides opportunities for communication of diverse personalized medicine stakeholders.
