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Prescription Drugs

International Forum on Prescription Drug Policy

Event

June 2003


Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.
June 10, 2003

How are Europe, Australia and Canada balancing rising costs of pharmaceutical benefit programs with the goal of providing access to the most innovative and cost-effective drug therapies available? What are the effects of their innovative approaches toward reducing pharmaceutical costs? Hear what government officials, international experts, and industry representatives think the U.S. can learn from other countries.

Sessions from this forum are available by webcast by kaisernetwork.org, a free service of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Along with the webcasts, transcripts and related resources are also available.

Program/Speakers

Welcome
William D. Novelli
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, AARP

Keynote: The State of Pharmaceutical Economics
F.M. Scherer, PhD
Professor Emeritus at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University,
and lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University

Regulation, Schemes, and Value: Experiences from Europe and Australia

Dr. Panos Kanavos
London School of Economic Health and Social Care
United Kingdom
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Anne-Toni Rodgers
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
United Kingdom

Dr. Deborah Freund
Syracuse University
USA
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The Canadian Experience: Myths and Realities

Tom Brogan
Brogan Inc.
Canada
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Bob Nakagawa
Fraser Health Authority
Canada
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Lunch Address

Dr. Daniel Vasella
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Switzerland
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Roundtable: What does this mean for the United States?

Moderated by:
Susan Dentzer, The NewsHour

William Hubbard
Food and Drug Administration
USA

Dr. Brian Healy
Merck
USA

Dr. Judith Wagner
Institute of Medicine
USA

Professor Albert Wertheimer
Temple University
USA

Resources

Prescription Drug Prices in Canada
David Gross
AARP Public Policy Institute
June 2003

Generic Drugs
David Gross
AARP Public Policy Institute
June 2003

Australia: Key Facts About The Health Care System And Prescription Drugs
AARP Public Policy Institute
June 2003

Canada: Key Facts About The Health Care System And Prescription Drugs
AARP Public Policy Institute
June 2003

United Kingdom: Key Facts About The Health Care System And Prescription Drugs
AARP Public Policy Institute
June 2003

United States: Key Facts About The Health Care System And Prescription Drugs
AARP Public Policy Institute
June 2003