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December 2005
NEW THIS MONTH
**NEW**
8th
Annual European Congress Photo Gallery
**NEW**
Value in Health Vol. 8
No.6 (November/December 2005)
**NEW**
Value in Health 2005 Supplement
**NEW**
8th
Annual European Congress Contributed Paper Award Recipients
ISPOR 2005-2006 Board Of Directors Call
For Nominations
**NEW**
ISPOR Research Excellence
Awards and Bernie O’Brien New Investigator Awards Call For Nominations
**NEW**
ISPOR 2nd Asia-Pacific Congress-UPDATES (MORE THAN 230 ABSTRACTS
SUBMITTED)
**NEW**
ISPOR Special Interest Group (SIG) – UPDATES
**NEW**
ISPOR Asia Consortium–UPDATES
**NEW**
18 New Positions At The ISPOR Website
IMPORTANT
DATES TO REMEMBER
Ø
9
January 2006 – On-line abstract submission deadline for ISPOR 11th Annual
International Meeting, Marriot Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ø
5
February 2006 –
ISPOR 2nd
Asia-Pacific Conference, Shanghai Worldfield Convention Hotel, Shanghai, China **EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE**
Ø
5-7
March 2006 – ISPOR 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference, Shanghai Worldfield
Convention Hotel, Shanghai, China
Ø
25
April 2006 – Early Registration Deadline ISPOR 11th Annual International Meeting, Marriot
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ø
20-26
May 2006 – ISPOR 11th Annual International Meeting, Marriott
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
ISPOR ONGOING ACTIVITIES
1.
Publications
2.
Meetings and Congresses
3.
Educational Activities
4.
Student News
5.
ISPOR Special Interest Groups
6. Committee and Task Force Activities
7. Asia Consortium and Local
Chapter News
8.
Employment in
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
9.
Membership
1. PUBLICATIONS
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VALUE IN HEALTH
**NEW** Value in Health Volume 8, Issue 6, November/December
2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS at:
http://www.ispor.org/valueinhealth_index.asp
IN MEMORIAM
In Memoriam: Alan Williams (1928-2005)
Paul Kind
EMPIRICAL
Cost-Effectiveness of Rosuvastatin Compared with Other
Statins from a Managed Care Perspective
Joshua S. Benner, Timothy W. Smith, David Klingman, Jonothan
C. Tierce, C. Daniel Mullins, Ned Pethick, John C.O'Donnell
Economic Burden of Patients with Anemia in Selected Diseases
William B. Ershler, Kristina Chen, Eileen B. Reyes,
Robert Dubois
Impact of Computer-Generated Personalized Goals on Cholesterol
Lowering
Claresa S. Levetan, Karen R. Dawn, James F. Murray, Jeffrey
J. Popma, Robert E. Ratner, David C. Robbins
An Economic Evaluation of Triptan Products for Migraine
Eleanor M. Perfetto, Kathleen A. Weis, C. Daniel Mullins,
Prasun Subedi, Paul J. Healey
METHODOLOGY
A Comparison of Self-Selectivity Corrections in Economic
Evaluations and Outcomes Research
Jinook Jeong, Edmund R. Becker, Patrick D. Mauldin, William
S. Weintraub
ISPOR EIGHTH ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS CONTRIBUTED
PRESENTATION ABSTRACTS
**NEW** 2005 Value in Health Supplement “Supplement:
Empirical Explorations in the Green and Growing Field of Treatment
Satisfaction “
TABLE OF CONTENTS at:
http://www.ispor.org/valueinhealth_index.asp
INTRODUCTION
Brief Reflections on Treatment Satisfaction
William Lenderking PhD
EDITORIAL
Assessing Patient Satisfaction: Concepts, Applications and
Measurement
Jane Speight MSc PhD
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Hierarchical Construct Validity of the Treatment
Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM version II) Among Outpatient
Pharmacy Consumers
Mark J. Atkinson MEd, PhD, Ritesh Kumar MS, PhD, Joseph C.
Cappelleri MPH, MS, PhD, Steven L. Hass PhD
The Validation of Patient-rated Global Assessments of
Treatment Benefits, Satisfaction and Willingness to Continue–The BSW
Andreas M. Pleil PhD, Karin S. Coyne PhD, pat R. Reese PhD,
Zhanna Jumadilova MD, ES Rovner PhD, CJ Kelleher
Using a Treatment Satisfaction Measure in an Early Trial to
Inform the Evaluation of a New Treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
Asha Hareendran MA, PhD, Lucy Abraham BSc, MSc, CPsychol
Development of the Cancer Therapy Satisfaction Questionnaire
(CTSQ): Item Generation And Content Validity Testing
Linda Abetz MA, Jeffrey H. Coombs, DL Keininger, CC Earle, C
Wade, D Bury-Maynard, Katie Copley-Merriman, MA Hsu
Association between the Erectile Dysfunction Inventory of
Treatment Satisfaction and the Self-Esteem and Relationship Questionnaire
Following Treatment with Sildenafil Citrate for Men with Erectile Dysfunction
Joseph C. Cappelleri PhD, Stanley E. Althof PhD, Richard L.
Siegel MD, Vera J Stecher PhD, Li-Jung Tseng MS, Sandeep Duttagupta PhD
VALUE IN HEALTH "ON-LINE EARLY"
MANUSCRIPTS
"On-Line Early" manuscripts for Volume 9, Issue 1,
January/February 2006, will be on-line early later this month. To view these
"On-Line Early" articles, simply go to
http://www.ispor.org/valueinhealth_index.asp,
log on using your membership information, and follow the link.
2. ISPOR MEETINGS AND CONGRESSES
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ISPOR 2nd ASIA-PACIFIC
CONFERENCE
Shanghai Worldfield Convention Hotel, Shanghai, China • 5-7 March 2006
IMPROVING EVIDENCE AND OUTCOMES IN HEALTH CARE
DECISION MAKING IN ASIA PACIFIC: CHALLENGE TO A NEW ERA
CO-SPONSORS:
At:
http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/sponsors.asp
SHORT COURSES:
At:
http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/p030505.asp
1ST PLENARY
SESSION:
At:
http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/p030605.asp
2ND PLENARY SESSION:
At:
http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/p030605.asp
POSTERS & PODIUMS:
Over 200 contributed presentations
(40 podium presentations in 2 sessions and over 150 posters in 1 session)
Podium Session
I: http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/p030605.asp
Podium Session II: http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/p030705.asp
Posters Session:
http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/posters1.asp
WORKSHOPS:
Twenty workshop presentations (5 presentations in each
session)
Workshop Session I:
http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/p030605.asp
Workshop Session II: http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/p030605.asp
Workshop Session III: http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/p030705.asp
Workshop Session IV:
http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/p030705.asp
SPECIAL SESSIONS:
Eight co-sponsored special sessions
Co-sponsored Special Sessions I at:
http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/p030605.asp
Co-sponsored Special Sessions II at:
http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/p030705.asp
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
OPPORTUNITIES
Financial support opportunities are available at:
https://www.ispor.org/Exhibit_Sponsor/SponsorshipOpportunities.aspx?event=1
EXHIBITOR OPPORTUNITIES:
Exhibitor opportunities are available
at:
https://www.ispor.org/Exhibit_Sponsor/ExhibitorOpportunities.aspx?event=1
EARLY REGISTRATION
DEADLINE: 5 FEBRUARY 2006
For further conference information, go to:
http://www.ispor.org/conferences/shanghai0306/index.asp
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ISPOR 11th
ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MEETING CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
May 20-24 2006, Marriott
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
At:
http://ispor.confex.com/ispor/intl2005/
SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT NOW!
Abstract Deadline: 9
January 2006
Early Registration
Deadline: 25 April 2006
EXHIBITOR OPPORTUNITIES:
Exhibitor opportunities are available
at:
https://www.ispor.org/Exhibit_Sponsor/ExhibitorOpportunities.aspx?event=2
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
Sponsorship Opportunities are
available at:
https://www.ispor.org/Exhibit_Sponsor/SponsorshipOpportunities.aspx?event=2
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ISPOR EIGHTH ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS –
6-8
November 2005 Palazzo Degli Affari, Florence, Italy
"INCORPORATING
VALUES INTO HEALTH CARE DECISIONS"
The ISPOR 8th Annual European Congress was held on 6-8
November 2005 at Il Palazzo Degli Affari, Florence, Italy. This year, over
1,300 attended the Congress, ISPOR’s biggest Congresses to date! Patrizia
Berto MBA, President of PBE Consulting in Verona, Italy, and Lorenzo G.
Mantovani MSc, DSc, Director of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Milan in Milan, Italy were the Congress Co-chairs and organized a top-rate
program for congress attendees to compliment ISPOR’s anniversary celebrations.
**NEW** PHOTO GALLERY at:
http://www.ispor.org/congresses/italy1105/pg/pages/index.html
3. EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
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ISPOR SHORT COURSES–ISPOR 11TH ANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL MEETING – May 2006
SATURDAY,
MAY 20, 2006
Pharmacoeconomics for Decision-Makers
Faculty: Lorne Basskin PharmD, Clinical Coordinator, Pharmacy
Services, North Shore Medical Center, Miami, FL, USA and President, Trinka
Publications, Cooper City, FL, USA
Retrospective Database Analysis – Econometric Methods
Faculty: William H. Crown PhD, i3 Magnifi, Auburndale, MA, USA
Modeling: Design and Structure of a Model
Faculty: Marc Botteman MA, Managing Partner,
PharMerit North America, Bethesda, MD , USA
Finding and Extracting Cost Data
Faculty: Judith A. O'Brien RN, BSPA, Vice President,
Director of Cost Development Research, Caro Research Institute, Concord, MA, USA
Bayesian Analysis: Overview
Faculty: Bryan Luce MBA, PhD, Founder and Senior
Research Leader, The MEDTAP Institute at United BioSource Corporation,
Bethesda, MD, USA
Financial Impact / Cost of Illness
Faculty: Josephine Mauskopf PhD, Global Head, Health
Economics and Outcomes Strategy, RTI Health Solutions, Research Triangle Park,
NC, USA; C. Daniel Mullins PhD, Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutical
Health Services Research, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy,
Baltimore, MD, USA
Bayesian Analysis: Applications
Faculty: Bryan Luce MBA, PhD, Founder and Senior
Research Leader, The MEDTAP Institute at United BioSource Corporation,
Bethesda, MD, USA
Qualitative Methods for Quality of Life/Patient-Reported
Outcomes
Faculty: TBD
For full descriptions of the Saturday short course, go to:
http://www.ispor.org/meetings/phila0506/sc_sat.asp
SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2006
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis alongside Clinical
Trials
Faculty: Scott Ramsey MD, PhD, Full Member, Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Richard Willke PhD,
Senior Director, Group Leader, Global Outcome Research, Worldwide Outcomes
Research, US
Development Sites Pfizer, Inc., Bridgewater, NJ, USA
Use of Real World Data in Outcomes Research
Faculty: TBD
Bayesian Analysis: Advanced
Faculty: Bryan Luce MBA, PhD, Founder and Senior Research
Leader, The MEDTAP Institute at United BioSource Corporation, Bethesda, MD, USA
Discrete Event Simulation for Economic Analyses
Faculty: J.Jaime Caro MDCM, FCRPC, FACP, Adjunct
Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
McGill University, Montreal PQ and Scientific Director, Caro Research
Institute, Concord, MA, USA; Jörgen Möller MSc Mech Eng, Simulation
Specialist, Caro Research Institute, Concord, MA, USA
Advanced Quantitative Methods for Quality of Life
/ Patient-Reported Outcomes
Faculty: John Ware PhD, CEO & Chief Science
Officer, Quality Metric Incorporated, Lincoln, RI, USA
Elements of Pharmaceutical/Biotech Pricing I -
Introduction
Faculty: Jack Mycka, President, Optimar Strategic Consulting
LLC, Montclair, NJ, USA;
Renato Dellamano PhD, President, ValueVector (Value Added Business
Strategies), Milan, Italy
Statistical Considerations in Economic
Evaluations
Faculty: Henry Glick PhD, University of Pennsylvania, School
of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Jalpa Doshi PhD, University of
Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA;
Daniel Polsky PhD, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine,
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Propensity Scores and Comorbidity Risk Adjustment
Faculty: Fadia Shaya MPH, PhD, Assistant Professor/Associate
Director, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Center on Drugs and Public
Policy, Baltimore, MD, USA
Patient Registries: Overview & Application
Faculty: Jeff Trotter MBA, President, Ovation Research Group,
Highland Park, IL, USA
Utility Measures in Health Economics and Outcomes
Research
Faculty: F. Reed Johnson PhD, Senior Fellow, RTI Health
Solutions, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Outcomes Research for Medical Devices &
Diagnostics
Faculty: Helmut Wenzel MS, Director, Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany
Case Studies in Pharmaceutical/Biotech Pricing II
– Advanced
Faculty: Jack Mycka, President, Optimar Strategic Consulting
LLC, Montclair, NJ, USA; Renato Dellamano PhD, President, ValueVector (Value
Added Business Strategies), Milan, Italy
Risk Assessment: Analysis and Management
Faculty: The ISPOR Risk Management Special Interest Group Chairs
For full descriptions of the Saturday short course, go to:
http://www.ispor.org/meetings/phila0506/sc_sun.asp
4. STUDENT NEWS
Top
For more details on the ISPOR Student Network, please
visit:
http://www.ispor.org/student/student_index.asp
5. ISPOR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG)
Top
SPECIAL
INTEREST GROUPS are
very important to ISPOR to achieve its mission. Their goals are to: develop
consensus; stimulate
debate; advance knowledge/understanding; publish good research practices; develop
indices & tools for researchers and decision-makers; compile health care
information for public; respond to health care public policy
For more
information and to join an ISPOR SIG, go to
http://www.ispor.org/sigs/sigsindex.asp.
The ISPOR SIGs are:
**NEW** UPDATES
RETROSPECTIVE DATABASE SIG
Classification of Databases Working Group – ISPOR DIGEST OF
INTERNATIONAL DATABASES - The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
(ISPOR) is developing an electronic index (Digest) of key attributes of health
care databases around the world at the ISPOR website, which will be accessible
to the public. This Digest is an initiative of the ISPOR Retrospective Database
Special Interest Group. For more information about this ISPOR Special Interest
Group, see:
http://www.ispor.org/sigs/retrospective_db.asp.
RISK MANAGEMENT SIG
The Risk Management Special Interest Group (RMSIG) is
now on the cusp of publishing their white papers on risk management, comparing risk
management procedures in other industries with those of the pharmaceutical
industry, as well as commenting on the US/European attitudes towards risk! For
an overview of this RMSIG initiative, we invite you to read the article, “ISPOR Risk Management Special Interest Group – A Plan for
Action”, published in the September/October 2005 issue of ISPOR
CONNECTIONS! (http://www.ispor.org/news/index_new.asp)
6. ISPOR BOARD, COMMITTEE, AND TASK
FORCE ACTIVITIES
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COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
**NEW** ISPOR 2005-2006 BOARD OF DIRECTORS CALL FOR
NOMINATIONS
ISPOR is a member-driven organization. As a member-driven
organization, its governance is determined by the membership. The ISPOR
Nominations Committee is seeking qualified candidates for the position of
PRESIDENT-ELECT and 2 DIRECTOR positions. You, as an ISPOR member, are invited
to submit your name if you wish to be considered for a position on the ISPOR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. You may also recommend the name of another ISPOR member.
Please email your interest or recommendation to:
nominations@ispor.org. Please attach a
curriculum vitae. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, February
3, 2006.
**NEW** AWARDS COMMITTEE - ISPOR EIGHTH ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS BEST CONTRIBUTED
PRESENTATION AWARDS RECIPIENTS
One of ISPOR's objectives (as stated
at:
http://www.ispor.org/mission.asp)
is to provide recognition of individual achievement in the field of pharmacoeconomics
and outcomes research. A new procedure for recognizing the recipients of the
ISPOR BEST CONTRIBUTED PAPER AWARDS was implemented at the ISPOR 8th Annual
European Congress. Recipients (and their papers) are recognized to a larger
audience via the ISPOR website. For ISPOR BEST CONTRIBUTED PAPER AWARD
CATEGORIES, CRITERIA, SELECTION PROCESS, see:
http://www.ispor.org/awards/podiumcriteria_.asp
and
http://www.ispor.org/awards/postercriteria_.asp
ISPOR AVEDIS DONABEDIAN OUTCOMES RESEARCH LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD
The ISPOR Awards Committee is seeking nominees for the ISPOR
Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award. See
http://www.ispor.org/awards/donabedian_.asp
for award description, criteria, selection process, nature of the award,
and past recipients. The deadline to submit nominees is DECEMBER 15, 2005.
**NEW** ISPOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The ISPOR Awards Committee is seeking nominees for both the
ISPOR Research Excellence Award for Methodology Excellence and Research
Excellence Award for Practical Application Excellence. See
http://www.ispor.org/awards/methodology_.asp
and
http://www.ispor.org/awards/application_.asp
for Excellence Awards descriptions, criteria, selection process, nature of
award, and past recipients.
**NEW** ISPOR BERNIE O’BRIEN NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARDS CALL FOR
NOMINATIONS
The ISPOR Bernie O’Brien New Investigator Award was
established in 2004 to honor the long-standing commitment of Bernie J. O’Brien,
PhD to training and mentoring new scientists in the fields of outcomes research
and pharmacoeconomics. The award will be presented at the ISPOR 11th
Annual International Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, USA 20-24, 2006. The ISPOR
Awards Committee is seeking nominees for this award. See:
http://www.ispor.org/awards/Obrien_investigator.asp
for descriptions, criteria, selection process, and nature of the award.
The deadline to submit nominees for both awards is FEBRUARY
13, 2006.
7. ASIA CONSORTIUM
AND LOCAL CHAPTER NEWS
Top
ISPOR ASIA CONSORTIUM
Asia Consortium extends its network to Pakistan. Consortium members are now from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand. For more details on this
consortium, please visit:
http://www.ispor.org/consortiums/asia.asp
RUSSIAN SOCIETY FOR PHARMACOECONOMICS AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH
(The ISPOR Russian Chapter)
The ISPOR Russian Chapter had a large delegation in
attendance at the ISPOR 8th Annual European Congress in Florence, Italy. The delegation presented a successful Forum on the current state and recent achievements of
RSPOR. In addition, ISPOR hosted a Russian translation of the short course,
“Health Care and Reimbursement Systems in Europe”, presented on Sunday,
November 6, 2005.
8. EMPLOYMENT
Top
**NEW** 18 NEW POSITIONS AT THE
ISPOR WEBSITE:
http://www.ispor.org/employment/employment_index.asp
Advertise your positions on ISPOR Website (~1 million
hits per month)
INTERNSHIPS
Visit ISPOR's Internship-Professional
Recruitment Assistance Program (I-PRAP) at
http://www.ispor.org/iprap/index.asp
STUDENTS: Post your CVs/resumes for employers to view and search for
internship positions available. Nine student resumes posted!
EMPLOYERS: Post
your Intern positions for FREE and access CVs/resumes from students. If
you have any questions, please contact:
iprap@ispor.org. For more information, visit
our website at
http://www.ispor.org/prap.asp
9. ISPOR MEMBERSHIP
Top
Update your email address at
https://www.ispor.org/members/addresschange.asp!
Your email address is required as part of your log in information in the
members only section of the ISPOR website.
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