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October 23, 2008
"Priorities 2008": Conference of the International Society for Priorities in Health Care
Location: NewcastleGateshead, England, UK
Dates: 29-31 October 2008
Venue: Sage Concert Hall
“Managing scarcity in health care: theory-to-practice and practice-to-theory”
In October 2008, the conference of the International Society for Priorities in Health Care returns to the UK, this time to the north-east of England. Formed in 1996, following the first international conference on this topic held in Stockholm, the purpose of the Society is to provide a forum in which researchers and practitioners involved in priority setting can exchange ideas and experience. Particular importance is placed on: getting research into practice; learnings across poorer and richer nations; and encouraging practitioners to learn about approaches to priority setting and researchers to learn from real practical experience.
Much has changed in the eight years since the Society was last in the UK. Building on this, the main theme of this conference is very much about achieving greater action on priority setting and improving frameworks used for this purpose across lower and higher income countries. Thus, we aim to:
- achieve participation from practitioners at all levels of health care (from national through to local) as well as the public;
- create a vibrant environment for two-way learning, from theory to practice and practice to theory;
- enhance learning about managing scarcity in more equitable and efficient ways, and, thus, for the greater benefit of the populations we serve.
Key topics for discussion and presentation will be as follows:
- theoretical and methodological advances in priority setting (reconciling health system objectives, the ethical and the economic, understanding how organisations learn and how organisations can change, developments in health technology assessment, evaluating pubic health interventions)
- practical advances in priority setting (accounting for the politics of health care, managing scarcity in resource-deprived environments of lower-income countries, achieving disinvestment in health care)
- achieving real solutions (handling the ‘media storm’, legal issues and conflict resolution in priority setting, meaningful public involvement, making the ‘academic’ practical)
- knowledge transfer and exchange (working across sectoral and disciplinary boundaries, learning from the private sector, barriers to engaging in knowledge transfer research)
- information to underpin decisions (can we make decisions with little evidence? what are the informational requirements of decision makers both at a national, local and individual client levels? Can these be met?)
You will soon be hearing form us about keynote speakers and the process of abstract submission and workshops. Until then, please mark this exciting event in your diaries. The conference has a Local Organising Committee which is being convened by the Institute of Health Society at Newcastle University by Angela Bate and Cam Donaldson.
To receive regular updates please register your interest with Eileen Coope (eileen.coope@ncl.ac.uk).
Conference web page: http://www.healthcarepriorities.co.uk/. We look forward to seeing you in NewcastleGateshead in 2008.
Enhancing Observational Research to Demonstrate Product Value -- Leveraging patient registries to achieve safety, quality, efficacy & cost-effectiveness outcomes
Location: Vienna, Austria
Dates: 23-24 October, 2008
Venue: Renaissance Hotel-Imperial Riding School
This event will bring together a strong selection of speakers and discover their unique approaches and techniques in order to maximize observational research performance. Together, we will be examining the growing role of non-interventional research in achieving stronger safety results, better cost effectiveness outcomes and higher drug performance.
Speakers include:
- Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, USA-Vice President & Head Pharmacovigilance & Medical Safety
- Baxter Innovations, Austria-European Medical Director, Clinical Operations
- Amgen, Austria-Executive Medical Director Eastern Europe
- Sanofi-Aventis, Hungary-Affiliate Pharmacovigilance Head & Regulatory Medical Affairs Manager
- Astellas, UK-Senior Director, Medical Affairs & Health Economics Europe
- UCB Global Medical Safety & Risk Management, Belgium-Safety Physician, Ass. Director
- Biogen Idec, USA-Associate Director, Neurology
- Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care, Germany-Deputy Head of Department Non-drug Interventions
- Medical University of Vienna-Head of Ethics Committee
- BPI, German Pharmaceutical Industry Association-Head of Clinical Research and Pharmacovigilance
- Stiefel Laboratories, UK-VP Global Pharmacovigilance, EU Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance
and many more …
Together, they will deliver knowledge, expertise, insights, opinions, facts and data that can add strategic intelligence and real-value to your business.
Why attend?
- Find out when to run observational studies, for what purpose, where, what size, how they should be designed.
- Learn how patient and disease registries can be utilized to enhance pharmacovigilance and market access campaigns.
- Hear the real life experiences of those who have successfully performed observational studies and how they overcame significant challenges.
- Discover for yourself what is “best practice” in non-interventional research, by understanding both the strategic & operational perspectives and practical challenges.
To request full agenda please contact Andrea Valent at NextLevel Pharma
andrea@nextlevelpharma.com
Ph: + 421 2 3266 2621
http://www.nextlevelpharma.com/