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PROGRAM - SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2008 |
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SHORT COURSES - (see Short Course Program) |
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| 5:00PM-7:30PM |
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EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM - (Co-sponsored by PhRMA Health Outcomes Committee and ISPOR) |
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Evolving Evidence Requirements in the Changing Global Landscape of Payer-Decision Making
The Symposium is free and open to all, no pre-registration required.

Ever changing evidence requirement by payers in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific have enormous implications for submissions by the pharmaceutical industry. The symposium will review the latest changes in the demand for value evidence by these decision-makers, and its implications for health economics and industry.
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Opening Remarks |
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Moderator: Ravinder Dhawan PhD, Senior Director, World Wide Health Economic & Pricing, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Services LLC, Raritan, NJ, USA |
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Evolving Evidence Requirements from a Payer’s Perspective: Canada |
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Speaker: Michael Tierney, Vice President, Common Drug Review, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), Ottawa, ON, Canada |
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Evolving Evidence Requirements from a Payer’s Perspective: China |
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Speaker: Gordon Liu PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Economics and Management, Guanghau School of Management, Peking University, Beijing, China |
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Evolving Evidence Requirements from a Payer’s Perspective: Europe |
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Speaker: Uwe Siebert MD, MPH, MSc, ScD, Professor of Public Health, Head, Department of Public Health, Medical Decision Making and Health Technology Assessment, University of Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall/Innsbruck, Austria |
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Evolving Evidence Requirements from a Payer’s Perspective: U.S. |
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Speaker: Sean Sullivan PhD, RPh, Professor of Pharmacy and Public Health and Director, University of Washington, Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, Seattle, WA, USA |
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| 6:30-7:00 |
Question & Answer |
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| 7:00-7:30 |
Reception (All attendees are invited) |
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| 7:00PM-8:30PM |
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STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION |
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| 8:30PM-10:00PM |
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STUDENT ICEBREAKER RECEPTION |
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