# \[e-drug\] Medicines for Europe and the World: Setting Priorities, Missing the Point **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [September 27, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-medicines-for-europe-and-the-world-setting-priorities-missing-the-point/20563 "2004-09-27T07:59:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a5b964/32.png) [@Jeremy\_Smith](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Jeremy_Smith)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 7:59am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-medicines-for-europe-and-the-world-setting-priorities-missing-the-point/20563/1 "2004-09-27T07:59:09Z")
E-DRUG: Meds for Europe and the World: Setting Priorities, Missing the Point --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Health Action International (HAI) Europe is pleased to invite you to a meeting Medicines for Europe and the World: Setting Priorities, Missing the Point, to be held in The Hague on the morning of 18 November. HAI Europe and representatives of partner organisations will detail their concerns about the process and driving purpose of the Dutch Presidency-sponsored conference on Priority Medicines for the Citizens of Europe, which begins later the same day. HAI Europe believes strongly that the Priority Medicines project misses the point in two key areas: 1. Medicines for Europe: too much trust is placed in the pharmaceutical industry as a generator of valuable new medicines. In reality, the industry does not offer value for money in its research, has shown itself to be rarely innovative and resorts to dubious promotional practices to disguise its lack of innovation. 2. Medicines for the World: tackling shortfalls in research and development in neglected diseases which affect millions across the world is conspicuous in its absence from the Priority Medicines agenda - the Dutch Presidency and the wider EU have to indicate how they will be addressing this issue, if it is not through the Priority Medicines initiative The draft agenda for the meeting is attached. The meeting will take place in the Anton Phillip Zaal, Lucent Theatre, a short distance from the Nieuwe Kerk, where the Dutch Presidency meeting will take place. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries. We very much hope to see you on 18 November. Jeremy Smith Campaigns Coordinator Health Action International Europe Jacob van Lennepkade 334-T 1053 NJ Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: +31 20 489 1864 Fax: +31 20 685 5002 email: jeremy@haiweb.org [E-drug cannot carry attachments; send an email to jeremy@haiweb.org for the programme if you are interested; WB]