title: SPRINTT and the involvement of stakeholders: strategy and structure.
abstract: The current healthcare systems are built around the traditional paradigm of patients suffering from a single acute illness. They are, therefore, largely unprepared to face the increasing demands for health services arising from the expansion of an older population with specific medical needs related to multiple chronic disorders. As a consequence, the medical conditions of a large and growing segment of the older European population are not efficiently managed by the available healthcare services. In the context of an aging population, policy makers such as the European Commission and European Institutions, such as the European Medicines Agency (EMA), devote time and resources to study and accompany the need of the aging population. The EMA recognizes the importance of making sure that the needs of the Elderly are considered during development, approval, and use of new medicines, and, therefore, engages with healthcare professional organisations. The Sarcopenia and Physical Frailty in Older People: Multicomponent Intervention Strategies (SPRINTT) is the obvious result of these strategies. The present article describes the SPRINTT workpackage activities aimed at engaging the scientific discussion on the physical frailty and sarcopenia with the EMA as one of its interlocutor, acknowledging the need to collaborate on this topic to foster a productive dialogue.
authors.affiliation: Global Regulatory Affairs, Sanofi R&D, 1 Avenue Pierre Brossolette, 91380, Chilly-Mazarin, France. Regis.Le-Lain@sanofi.com.
authors.forename: Régis
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Le Lain
authors.affiliation: EU-Open SrL, Venetia, Italy.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ignaszewski
authors.affiliation: EU-Open SrL, Venetia, Italy.|Pharmaplex BVBA, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Klingmann
authors.affiliation: EU-Open SrL, Venetia, Italy.|Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cesario
authors.affiliation: EU-Open SrL, Venetia, Italy.|Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Willem Ivo
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: de Boer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005060:Europe; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006292:Health Priorities / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000592:standards*; D055948:Sarcopenia / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: EMA; Frailty; Policy makers; Sarcopenia