**Program provided with simultaneous translation in Portuguese & English**
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Tuesday, 27 March
2007
8:30 - 9:00
WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Gabriela Tannus Branco de Araújo MBA – ISPOR Brazil Local Chapter President & Health Economics Director, AxiaBio Consulting, São Paulo, Brazil
Stephen Stefani – ISPOR Brazil Local Chapter Congress President & Head of Oncology Department, UNIMED & Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
9:00 - 10:30
FIRST PLENARY SESSION
HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AS A BASIS OF REIMBURSEMENT AND
PRIORITIES IN HEALTH CARE: THE BRAZILIAN PERSPECTIVE
Moderator: Dr. Marcos Bosi Ferraz, Associate Professor of Medicine & Director, São Paulo Center for Health Economics, Federal University of , São Paulo, Brazil
Speakers: Dirceu Raposo, President, Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency - Anvisa;
Rosângela Caetano, Associate Professor of Community Health, State University of Rio de Janeiro;
Jorge Raimundo, Board of Rresidents, Brazilian Research-Based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association – Interfarma;
João Paulo dos Reis Neto, CAPESESP (Invited)
10:30 - 11:00
BREAK
11:00 - 12:30
SECOND PLENARY SESSION
PATIENT REGISTRIES: THE LOCAL PERSPECTIVE OF REAL WORLD DATABASE BUILDING
Moderator: Denizar Vianna, Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Speakers: Lou Garrison PhD, Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, USA; Arnaldo Colombo, Clinical Research Department, Federal University of São Paulo
12:30-14:00
LUNCH
12:30-14:00
THIRD PLENARY SESSION
14:00 -15:30
USE OF ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS IN HEALTH POLICIES
Moderator: Wilson Follador PhD, PharmD, MSc, Manager on Pharmacoeconomics, Medical Division, Pfizer Laboratories, São Paulo, Brazil
Speakers: J. Jaime Caro MDCM, FCRPC, FACP, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal PQ & Scientific Director, Caro Research Institute, Concord, MA, USA;
Stephen Stefani, Head of Oncology Department, UNIMED & & Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul;
Luciana Bahia, Head of Pharmacoeconomic Department, Brazilian Society of Diabetes, São Paulo, Brazil
17:30 – 18:00
BREAK
16:00 – 17:30
WORKSHOPS & APPLIED DISCUSSION GROUPS
Discussion Group 1 – Health Technology Assessment
Discussion Group 2 – Real World Data
Discussion Group 3 – Economic Evaluations in Health Policies
Discussion Group 4 – Economic Modeling
Wednesday, 28 March 2007
8:30 – 10:30
WORKSHOPS & APPLIED DISCUSSION GROUPS
Discussion Group 1 – Health Technology Assessment
Discussion Group 2 – Real World Data
Discussion Group 3 – Economic Evaluations in Health Policies
Discussion Group 4 – Economic Modeling
11:00 – 12:30
BREAK
11:00 – 12:30
WORKSHOPS & APPLIED DISCUSSION GROUPS – CONT’D
Discussion Group 1 – Health Technology Assessment
Discussion Group 2 – Real World Data
Discussion Group 3 – Economic Evaluations in Health Policies
Discussion Group 4 – Economic Modeling
12:30 – 14:00
LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00
PRESENTATION OF WORKSHOP FINDINGS & CONCLUSIONS
14:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 15:00
15:00 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:00
Discussion Group 1 – Health Technology Assessment
Discussion Group 2 – Real World Data
Discussion Group 3 – Economic Evaluations in Health Policies
Discussion Group 4 – Economic Modeling
16:00 – 16:30
BREAK
16:30 – 18:00
FINAL PLENARY SESSION & CLOSING REMARKS
Meeting Registration – R$600, 00 (~US$ 260, 00)
For Meeting registration, hotel reservation and additional information:
Andrea Lellis - andrea@jz.com.br
Phone: 55 21 2266-9150
