A grant of €22 million (about $23 million) has been granted to an Israeli researcher to promote the development of an initiative to help people with heart disease take their medications correctly and consistently as prescribed by their doctor.
The grant, given by the European Union’s Innovative Health Initiative (EU-IHI), was awarded to Bar-Ilan University’s Dr. Sivan Spitzer, along with a team of researchers from six EU countries. The funding will support the development of a platform aimed at improving drug treatment adherence for patients suffering from cardiometabolic diseases.
The grant marks Bar-Ilan University’s first EU-IHI program funding.
The five-year initiative, known as CAREPATH, will…