Every Journey Begins with a First Step: DIA Patient Engagement

Dr. Yves Juillet, Secretary General of the Academy of Medicine Foundation in France, is one of the persons most responsible for DIA’s first formal steps into patient engagement. For more than two decades, Dr. Juillet has been deeply involved with DIA, serving on the Advisory Council of Europe, the Board of Directors, and as DIA President. In 2013, he was named Honorary President of the French Academy of Pharmacy and was also named a DIA Fellow, the organization’s highest honor. In this exclusive Global Forum interview, Dr. Juillet shares what inspired these first steps and reflects on DIA’s subsequent journey into patient engagement.