The article “Children’s Preferences for Oral Dosage Forms and Their Involvement in Formulation Research via EPTRI (European Paediatric Translational Research Infrastructure)” has been published in Pharmaceutics as part of the Special Issue Scientific Highlights in the First European Paediatric Translational Research Infrastructure Open Meeting.
The article is a result of the study commissioned by the European Paediatric Translational Research Infrastructure (EPTRI) to evaluate children’s dosage forms perceived preferences in some European countries and explore the feasibility of using the Young Person’s Advisory Groups (YPAGs) to involve children in formulation research.
The aim of the study, conducted through an online survey, was to look at perceived preferences for oral dosage forms in a large and heterogeneous paediatric population in terms of age groups and countries involved in order to gain further insight into children’s views on oral dosage forms in a real-life setting.
TEDDY Network was actively involved in the development and dissemination of the survey that was translated into six languages and disseminated across seven European countries: Albania, Italy, the Netherlands, and Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, Romania, Spain, and the United Kingdom. In particular, TEDDY involved the YPAGs of Bari and Tirana in making the survey’s language and layout child friendly.
The article is available here.