Philipp von Gallwitz
Founder and Board Member
Two decades building patient-partnership programmes and the organizational structures behind them.
Our mission
Good ideas from patient organizations deserve a working structure.
Partners4Patients Foundation exists because patient organizations regularly see needs first, and then run into the practical work of governance, funding, coordination, and delivery. We take on that work so your idea can become a project.
What it makes possible
What changes when the structure is there
From idea
to a written, fundable project outline
From single voice
to a convened group of the right partners
From goodwill
to documented governance and outputs
How we work
Our principles
Patients in the lead
The organization decides; we organize around that decision.
Transparency by default
Roles, funding, and any conflicts are written down and shared.
Practical over theoretical
We aim for outputs an organization can actually use.
Respect for capacity
We adapt to volunteer time and small-team realities.
Non-commercial intent
As a non-profit, project quality is the measure, not revenue.
Project-shaped support
Support scales up and down with what the project needs.
Scope
What we do and don't take on
In scope
- Projects initiated by patient organizations
- Care, access, and early diagnosis topics
- Governance, structure, and project management
- Convening clinicians, researchers, and institutions
- Funding strategy and transparent supporter relationships
- Documentation and project outputs
Out of scope
- Owning or controlling an organization's initiative
- Speaking on behalf of patients or their organizations
- Individual medical advice or patient care
- Product promotion or commercial marketing work
- Projects with no identifiable patient need
- Work that cannot be disclosed transparently
Governance and funding
How the organization is run and paid for
Governance
Partners4Patients Foundation is a German non-profit organization, registered as a gemeinnützige UG (a charitable company with limited liability), with a board and written project governance. Each project records who decides what, in writing, before work starts.
Funding
Projects may be funded by philanthropic funders, public bodies, or industry supporters. Funding sources and their role are disclosed per project.
[Pending legal review]
Relationship with admedicum and conflicts of interest
Partners4Patients Foundation is a nonprofit entity founded by the owners of admedicum. Partners4Patients Foundation serves patient organizations and patient-initiated projects. Where admedicum provides operational support to a Partners4Patients Foundation project, its role is contracted and disclosed. Project governance, funding and relevant potential conflicts are made transparent.
Founders
Who set up Partners4Patients Foundation
Dr. Roger J. Legtenberg
Founder and Board Member
Background in health system access and in convening clinicians, researchers, and payers around shared questions.
Dr. Andreas L. G. Reimann
Founder and Board Member
Long-standing leadership experience inside a patient organization, including governance and funding.
Team
Who runs Partners4Patients day to day
Robert Pleticha
Director, Partners4Patients Foundation
A patient engagement professional dedicated to helping patient communities turn their ideas and priorities into practical projects that improve care, diagnosis and access.