E-DRUG: Pharmacoeconomics symposium
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The 57th World Congress of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences will
be held August 31-September 5 1997 at the Vancouver Trade and
Convention Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
A Symposium on Pharmacoeconomics is scheduled for September 3
14.00-17.00, this symposium is entitled:
Bridging the Gap between Academics and Decision Making.
Chairs: Jim Blackburn and Bram Hartzema
1. Pharmacoeconomics and prescribing guidelines: uncomplicated
urinary tract infection as case example.
Abraham G. Hartzema, Professor
Schools of Pharmacy and Public Health University of North
Carolina
2. An European experience from the manufacturer's perspective
Jeremy Chancellor, Director of Health Economics
GlaxoWellcome United Kingdom
3. Evaluation of the CCOHTA Pharmaceutical Assessment Program:
Protocols, Studies and Products
Nicolaas Otten, Coordinator, Pharmaceutical Assessment
Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology
4. Pharmacoeconomic Evaluation - A Governmental Perspective
Andrew Mitchell, Director of Pharmacy Evaluation
Commonwealth Department of Health & Family Services, Australia
General discussion
In addition the Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the International
Pharmacy Federation (FIP) established last year a Special Interest Group
(SIG) in pharmacoepidemiology and economics. The SIG is scheduled to
meet Thursday 4 September in room 17, 09.00-10.30 in the Vancouver
Convention Center. All interested in pharmacoepidemiology and economics
are invited to attend this meeting. A draft mission statement for
discussion will be emailed to all those who write to me DIRECTLY. Also,
everyone is invited to contribute agenda and discussion points for this
meeting in reply to this message.
We are looking forward meeting you in Vancouver.
Abraham G. Hartzema PharmD, PhD
Professor, Schools of Pharmacy and Public Health
Director, Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB#7360 Beard Hall 205R
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone # 1-919-962-0080 Fax # 1-919-966-8486
Email: bhartzem.pharm@mhs.unc.edu
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