E-DRUG: Symposium at Boston University on Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health
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[Please direct any queried to Richard richardl@bu.edu ]
E-Druggers may be interested in attending (if they are in the Boston area), or observing a symposium titled the Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health. This is one of four symposia organized to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Boston University School of Public Health.
The link to the event is
http://www.bu.edu/sph/news-events/signature-events/deans-symposia/2016-deans-symposia-schedule/the-role-of-pharmaceuticals-in-public-health/
The link to live-stream is
http://www.bu.edu/sph/news-events/signature-events/sph-live/
If you attend remotely you will be able to comment and send questions to the speakers.
I will be chairing the first session and if I see a comment from an E-Drugger I will be sure to raise it.
Jonathan Quick and Erin Hasselberg will be chairing the other sessions and I feel sure they will also welcome comments from E-Druggers.
Here is the program. You will see we have lead speakers and panelists who will comment.
I am sure that E-Druggers will recognize some of the names and will know that with such a range of speakers there will be active discussions.
The Role of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health:
Access to essential medicines as a key determinant to universal health coverage
September 15, 2016
Hiebert Lounge, BUSM Building, 72 East Concord St, Boston, MA 02118
9:00 am - 9:30 am Breakfast and informal greetings
9:30 am - 9:35 am Welcome and opening remarks
Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH
Dean, Robert A Knox Professor,
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
SESSION I Universal Access and Price & Availability:
Ensuring access to life-saving medicines globally
9:35 am - 9:45 am Introduction to Session I
Richard Laing, MBChB MSc MD
Professor,
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
9:45 am - 10:30 am Keynote
The role and responsibility of the pharmaceutical industry in the prevention, treatment, and cure of public health priority diseases globally
Stefan Oschmann, PhD
President, IFPMA
CEO of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
10:30 am - 10:45 am Coffee Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Panel Discussion
Peter Maybarduk, JD
Director of Global Access to Medicine Program,
Public Citizen, Washington, D.C.
Margaret Ewen, Dip Pharm
Health Action International, Netherlands
Vin Sharma, MPH, MBA
Senior Director of Program Management at Alnyam Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
SESSION II Health Reform, Universal Health Coverage, and Access to Medicines
1:00 pm - 1:10 pm Introduction to Session II
Jonathan Quick, MD, MPH
President and CEO, Management Sciences for Health
Boston, MA
1:10 pm - 1:30 pm Olusoji O. Adeyi, MD, MBA, DrPH
Director, Global Practice, Health, Nutrition & Population, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm Panel Discussion
Ye Lu, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Economics of the School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Veronika Wirtz, MSc, PhD,
Associate Professor,
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Pius Tih, MPH PhD
Director,
Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services, Cameroon
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Coffee Break
SESSION III Pharmaceutical Public Health: The BU SPH Vision
3:00 pm - 3:10 pm
Erin Hasselberg, MSc
Director, Pharmaceuticals Program Director,
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston MA
3:10 pm - 3:30 pm Overview of Pharmaceutical Public Health
Richard Laing, MBChB MSc MD
Professor, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm Comments and Discussion
All speakers and panelists
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Concluding remarks
Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH
Dean, Robert A Knox Professor,
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Reception
I do hope that E-Druggers can join the symposium either in person or remotely. If you do want to attend you need to register at the URLs above.
Richard
Richard Laing
Professor, Department of Global Health
Boston University School of Public Health,
801 Massachusetts Avenue Boston MA 02118
Tel 617 414 1445 (Office) 617 435 7860 (Mobile)
E mail richardl@bu.edu