1. Geriatric Medicine Society
Dr Mine ORLU-GUL
Member of GMS Formulations Working Group

2. Who we are
A multidisciplinary network place to address the challenge of medicines for older patients from a holistic perspective Established in 2010 Registered non-for-profit organisation

3. Mission
Development and provision of age appropriate medicines that older patients can easily and safely take
Promoting scientific research in medication dedicated to older adults from drug discovery to medication management by the patient

4. Board members Professor Director for Hochschule Fulda,
University of Applied Sciences
Director for
Pharmaceutical Business Development
at Capsugel
Vice Chair of German
Society of
Gerontology &
Geriatrics
Manager Customer Relation
Geriatric Health Care
at Pfizer Germany
Chief Research Officer
at Eurand Italy

5. Become a member
FREE MEMBERSHIP

6. Working groups Adherence and adherence measurement working group
Drug formulation and dosage form working group
Packaging working group

7. Meetings General Assembly Working group conference calls
(twice a year, at Frankfurt Airport Conference Centre)
Working group conference calls
1st Geriatric Medicine Society Meeting USA June 20, 2013
no administrative organization and acts through 2 annual meetings and
working groups (mainly via conference calls) allowing free membership and easy access for all stakeholders.

8. Recent achievements
We have members from different disciplines coming from 16 different countries
GMS was present at the European Innovation Partnership on active and healthy aging (EIP)
GMS contributed to several medical, pharmaceutical and regulatory conferences in Turkey, China, Czech Republic, USA and UK.
GMS organized a 2 day pre-conference workshop at AAPS Annual Meeting in Chicago, a session at the 7th German and Austrian Gerontology and Geriatrics Congress in Bonn
GMS Adherence WG published a White Paper in the European Geriatric Medicine journal
The conferences and sessions were dedicated to different topics of geriatric
medicine and multidisciplinary in nature to stimulate interactive discussions.
Ongoing discussion with APV to organise two days workshop and provide presentation on e-learning platform