The 5th ICPerMed Workshop was dedicated to the latest developments in technology and innovation that are driving personalised medicine innovation. The workshop showcased achievements and experiences of researchers, clinicians, biotech and industry leaders, and thus provided insights on how to drive personalised medicine-related innovations in healthcare. Furthermore, examples of promising technologies, tools and perspectives were presented.

This ICPerMed workshop served as a prestigious platform for numerous distinguished stakeholders, researchers and industry professionals to converge and exchange insights on latest advancements, emerging trends, and challenges related to technologies supporting personalised medicine development, innovation and most importantly enabling personalised care. With an emphasis on collaborative learning and interdisciplinary dialogue, this event allowed important and fruitful discussions and networking.

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Slides of the held presentations are available on the event website.

A workshop video and statements of speakers as well as representatives of the European Commission and ICPerMed are also available on the website.

ICPerMed developed a study on "Challenges, Opportunities, and Facilitators in Implementing Personalised Medicine" that outlines strategies for integrating personalised medicine into healthcare systems, aiming to improve health outcomes and create sustainable healthcare systems through research, development, innovation, and implementation. It presents identified significant hurdles for personalised medicine implementation and offers actionable recommendations for stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, policy makers, patient organisations, and researchers.

Eight major facilitators were identified:

• Engaging relevant stakeholders in the implementation process of personalised medicine
• Collaboration between relevant stakeholders during the implementation process of personalised medicine
• Establishment of a national or regional common strategy
• Infrastructure needed during the implementation process of personalised medicine
• Education and training in personalised medicine
• Resource allocation during the implementation process of personalised medicine
• Regulations and legislations for personalised medicine approaches
• Ethical considerations

The results of the study “Challenges, Opportunities and Facilitators in Implementing Personalised Medicine” can be downloaded:

• Policy Brief
• Full version of the analysis and recommendations
• Methodology annexes

ICPerMed publishes a State-of-the-Art report on an annual basis and seeks to facilitate the follow-up of the development of personalised medicine research and its implementation throughout Europe and beyond.

ICPerMed is continuously mapping activities in the field of personalised medicine to promote achievements and successes in research and implementation as well as to honour activities of ICPerMed member organisations. A set of initiatives and activities supporting personalised medicine development and implementation are presented in this 2023 report.

Furthermore, ICPerMed outlines shortly its activities of the past year until February 2024, like workshops, ICPerMed Family events, education and training activities, collection and presentation of Best Practices. New ICPerMed videos and publications are also available on the ICPerMed YouTube Channel. As the ICPerMed consortium is continuously growing, and attracts and welcomes more and more international partners, in this State-of-the-Art report the advantages to become an ICPerMed member and steps to be taken for membership are outlined.

In this 2023 report, the contribution of ICPerMed in the preparation of the European Partnership for Personalised Medicine (EP PerMed) proposal and the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for Personalised Medicine (SRIA for PM, 2023) is also outlined. The EP PerMed, that started on November 1st, 2023, is shortly presented.

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ICPerMed brings together almost 50 European and international partners representing ministries, funding agencies and the European Commission. Together, we work on coordinating and fostering research to develop and evaluate personalised medicine approaches. Therefore, ICPerMed is actively interacting and connecting the personalised medicine community via meetings, public events, trainings and other activities, like communication. Since January 2024, ICPerMed counts more than 1000 followers on LinkedIn.

In a new video, ICPerMed, together with renown experts in the field, underlines the need for collaboration to enable personalised medicine to form together the future of medicine.