The chief executive of the local heart and stroke charity, Croí has been awarded a prestigious European honour. Neil Johnson has been announced as the inaugural winner of a “Hall of Fame” award for his work in international patient advocacy and engagement.
The award was presented at the Patient Engagement Open Forum annual conference, an annual meeting of global patient organisations, industry, health technology assessment specialists and other stakeholders across multiple disease areas, which took place in Milan, Italy.
The awards programme is a collaboration between the European Patients’ Forum (EPF ); the European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI ), and the Patient Focused Medicines Development Initiative (PFMD ).
Neil Johnson received his award for “unwavering dedication and remarkable contributions” to patient engagement and advocacy over the last 30 years. His work has made a profound impact on the lives of countless individuals, the conference was told.