Aston Group participated in the Moscow International Forum for Osteo-Articular Pathologies held on April 19-21

Publication date: 25 april 2016

The following events were included in the Forum’s schedule:

• Scientific conference "The problems encountered by the modern rheumatology"
• Scientific conference "Central issues of today’s traumatology and orthopedics"
• Scientific conference "Challenges related to rehabilitation in patients with lesions of the musculo-skeletal system"

The leading experts in rheumatology and traumatology were among the invited speakers.

As the technical operator of the Moscow Unified Registry of Arthritis (MERA), Aston Group provided valuable statistics which was used by the experts in their reports and presentations.

Among the speakers at the conference on rheumatology (XIII Annual scientific conference of physicians from Moscow and the Moscow region) were:

E. Zhilyaev, Chief Rheumatologist of Moscow, the Supervisor of the Moscow Unified Registry of Arthritis (MERA). His report was titled "The new approaches to personalization of the targeted treatment of rheumatoid arthritis"

E. Koltsova, MD, Head of the Methodology Department on Rheumatology of the Moscow City Health Department, Moscow Clinical Research Center presented a report themed "Evaluation of adverse events following the use of genetically engineered biological drugs in patients with RA".

At this point, Aston Group maintains and supervises eighteen Clinical Patient Registries in various therapeutic areas.