1st PIN Symposium at 1st Latin American Congress of Psoriasis

Psoriasis International Network Symposium at 1st Latin American Congress of Psoriasis

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 is organising 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 will be held on December 1st and will focus on: Clinical and therapeutic research on psoriasis, a worldwide challenge.

The following topics will be addressed:

Psoriasis International Network - what for? for whom? how?

(Louis Dubertret, Psoriasis International Network/Fondation René Touraine)

Unmet needs of psoriatic patients

(Silvia Fernandez Barrio, LATINAPSO)

Clinical trials in psoriasis: how to develop new drugs?

(Dr. Kim Kjoller, LEO)

Regional networks: how to foster their growth?

(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

(Arnon Cohen, Ben-Gurion University, Israel)