Panos Kanavos
By: Source: AARP Policy and Research Date Posted: 2003-06-04 00:00:00-04:00
Panos Kanavos is a lecturer in International Health Policy and course coordinator for the MSc in International Health Policy within the department of Social Policy, at the London School of Economics. He was Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Fellow in Ambulatory Care and Prevention at Harvard Medical School in 2001-2002. His research interests comprise:
- the economics of health-related high technology industries
- health system analysis form an international perspective
- pharmaceutical policy
- health and pharmaceutical system reform from an international perspective.
He is currently coordinating:
- the database on European Pharmaceutical policies, a project sponsored by the European Commission, DG Enterprise.
- the Clearinghouse/Database on Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE Health), a project sponsored by the World Health Organization, Europe Office.
He has acted as advisor to the World Health Organization and the World Bank on a number of missions related to the following areas:
- Pharmaceutical sector reform in the Philippines
- Global Generic Pharmaceutical Policies
- Pricing and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals in Bulgaria
- Pharmacy privatization in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Development of Training materials in Health Economics; Health Forum on Technology Assessment in Health Care
- Pharmaceutical Economics & Policy with Application to Eastern Europe
- European Health Care Reform; Macroeconomic & Health Constraints in Health Systems Reform
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