"International Forum on Prescription Drug Policy" 6/10/2003
AARP, Washington, D.C.
AARP International conference that addresses what government officials, international experts, and industry representatives think the U.S. can learn from other countries' efforts to address rising pharmaceutical costs.
Welcome
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William D. Novelli, executive director and chief executive officer, AARP, United States.
Keynote: "The State of Pharmaceutical Economics"
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FM Scherer, professor emeritus at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University, United States.
"Regulation, Schemes, and Value: Experiences from Europe and Australia"
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Speakers: Panos Kanavos, London School of Economic Health and Social Care,
United Kingdom; Sir Michael Rawlins, National Institute for Clinical Excellence,
United Kingdom; and Deborah Freund, Syracuse University,
United States.
"The Canadian Experience: Myths and Realities"
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Speakers: Tom Brogan, Brogan Inc., Canada; and Bob Nakagawa, Fraser Health Authority, Canada.
Lunch Address
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Daniel Vasella, chairman and chief executive officer, Novartis AG,
Switzerland.
"Roundtable: What does this mean for the United States?"
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Moderated by: Susan Dentzer, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, United States.
Speakers: Judith Wagner,
Institute of Medicine,
United States; Albert Wertheimer, Temple University, United States; W. Brian Healy, Merck, United States; and William Hubbard, Food and Drug Administration, United States.
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