Symposium - June 2008


09.00am Arrival, Registration, Coffee & Tea
09.45am Chairman's Welcome & Introduction Allan Karr, Chairman,PDIG Margaret Dolan, Vice Chairman, PDIG
10.00am Pharma Industry and NHS Relations - Can we work together?
  • What is the new guidance on joint working?
  • Can the Industry survive PPRS?
  • What are the key drivers for change?

David Fisher, ABPI, Commercial Director
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10.45am
Risk Management or Patient Access Programmes - are the views of Pharma and Practitioners the same?
  • What are the strategic issues driving risk sharing schemes?
  • How do the key stakeholders view the schemes?
  • Do risk sharing schemes work?

Dr Rafiq Hassan
Head of Market Access, juneartis

Kevan Wind
Medicines Procurement Specialist Pharmacist, London & East of England
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11.30am Tea/Coffee

12.00 noon A Review of the Supply Chain Model
  • What is happening to the supply chain?
  • Who are the winners and losers?
  • What will the supply chain look like in the future?
Michael Thomas
Principal, A.T. Kearney Ltd
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12.45pm David Samways Award  
12.50pm Lunch

2.00pm How do Pharma set the prices of their medicines?
  • What factors influence the cost of medicines?
  • Do we get value from the cost of our medicines?
  • Why do Orphan medicines cost so much?
Donald Macarthur
Indepenent Consultant
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2.45pm Purchasing new products to assist implementation of NPSA injectable guidance
  • What are the problems with the medicines we purchase today?
  • Why can’t we get the medicines we want?
  • How do we contract for the medicines of the future?
Dr Clare Crowley
Medicines Safety Pharmacist, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust
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3.15pm The Chain Reaction
  • Pandemic flu – myth or reality?
  • How will the supply chain cope?
  • What are key strategic measures that will affect the whole supply chain?
Michael Young,
Medicines, Pharmacy, Industry Dept (MPI), DoH
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4.00pm Close