Subject: VPH Newsletter - February 2025

We are thrilled to present the newly elected Executive Committee that will collaborate with the VPHi BoD and staff members in supporting the full adoption of in silico medicine!
POLICY NEWS
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is preparing to release draft guidance on how to assess and report new mechanistic models, aiming to encourage their wider use in model-informed drug development (MIDD).
From 2 February 2025, the first rules under the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) started to apply.
Explore the fascinating journey of diabetes care, from ancient discoveries to life-saving insulin and AI-driven closed-loop systems. Learn how computer models now personalise treatments, transforming lives and shaping a hopeful future for a cure.



Musculoskeletal applications are among the most advanced frontiers of in silico medicine. In our first episode of 2025, we sit down with a true pioneer in the field: Prof. Marco Viceconti. 
Join us as we explore the evolution of in silico medicine through the insights of one of its most influential figures.






Before programming languages existed, computer were programmed manually. Klára Dán von Neumann played a key role helping to program the world’s first electronic computer. She also wrote the first-ever code for the Monte Carlo Method, a revolutionary approach widely used in finance, physics, and in silico medicine.

On December 21, 2024, Research Professor Georgios S. Stamatakos, a great pioneer of in silico oncology, delivered a lecture in Sparta (Greece) exploring the emergence, evolution, and clinical potential of in silico medicine.
The Open Market Consultation Project 3Dx3C, issued by the Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, closes on March 7th 2025 at 2:00 PM.
Click here to read some interesting recently published papers from our community. If you have published an article in the field of in silico medicine, send it to us: we will include it in this section of the newsletter!
YOUNG SCIENTISTS COMMITTEE
5 March 2025, Online Register now!
New calls with deadlines in March Check them out!
- VPHi Travel Voucher to attend VPHi Summer School in Barcelona
Apply now! Deadline: 30 April 2025
VPH EVENTS
2-6 Jun 2025, Barcelona - Spain Special fee for VPHi members!
11 Mar 2025, Online Registration open
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15-17 Apr 2025, Leuven - Belgium Registration deadline: 21 March 2025
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11-13 Jun 2025, Milan - Italy Registration open
3-5 Sept 2025, Barcelona - Spain Abstracts submission deadline: 31 Mar 2025
8-10 Sept 2025, Leuven - Belgium Application deadline: 31 Mar 2025
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"The Virtual Physiological Human will revolutionise the way health knowledge is produced stored and managed as well as the way in which healthcare is currently delivered."
 European Commission
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