Patient Oriented Programs definition
Patient Oriented Programs. (POPs) means the Novartis umbrella term covering Novartis programs to support patient care, market research or to gain insights from patients/HCPs. These programs involve a Novartis product or disease area of interest, where Novartis or 3rd party on behalf of Novartis is interacting with program participants e.g., patients, caregivers, Healthcare Professional (HCP) or payers. This umbrella term excludes Novartis sponsored clinical studies/trials. Support patient care is defined within Novartis as: providing additional education; training on the use of the product to patient or HCP; providing supplemental care to the patient or arranging for financial assistance for patients. It may typically be described as patient support programs (PSPs) and patient access/assistance programs (PAPs), using different local terminologies.