E-drug: Conference Pharmaceutical Innovation in Global Economy
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Health Care Systems Department to Sponsor Wharton Impact
Conference, October 4-5, 2002, 351 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall,
Penn Campus.
Professor Patricia Danzon is the principal organizer of a Wharton
Impact Conference on Pharmaceutical Innovation in the Global
Economy. The objective of the conference is to encourage dialogue
and research on the important topic of increasing the availability
and affordability of drugs for less developed countries (LDC's),
while preserving patents and incentives for innovation. The
conference is not designed to broker political compromise between
various interest groups. Rather, the focus is on research qusestions
and issues where analytic skills at Wharton, our understanding of
the private sector and of lessons from other industries can
contribute to sound strategy and public policy. The three main
sub-themes to be addressed by the conference are:
1) Pricing and international price differentials for drugs with first
world markets;
2) Improving incentives to develop new medicines for LDC diseases;
3) Patents, tax credits and other policy/implementation issues.
For information on topics and speakers go to
http://www.hc.wharton.upenn.edu/impactconference/index.htm
To download Professor Danzon's Conference-related paper
"Differential Pricing for Pharmaceuticals: Reconciling Access, R&D,
and Patents" go to http://hc.wharton.upenn.edu/danzon/index.htm,
then click on "Publications", then click on "Articles and Chapters in
Books".
All alumni and other interested professionals are invited to attend
the Conference. For registration and hotel information, email Eric
Bianchi at ebianchi@wharton.upenn.edu
Nancy Blum
United States Pharmacopoeia
e-mail: <nlb@usp.org>
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