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procurement & distribution interest group

Current Symposium - June 2008



Time Title   Slides
9.00am Arrival, Registration, Coffee & Tea
9.45am Chairman's Welcome & Introduction Allan Karr Chairman, PDIG
10.00am Pharma Industry and NHS Relations - Can we work together?
  • What is the new guidance on joint working?
  • Can the Industry survive PPRS?What are the key drivers for change?
David Fisher ABPI, Commercial Director View Slides
10.45am Risk Management or Patient Access Programmes - are the views of Pharma and Practitioners the same?
  • What are the strategic issues driving risk sharing schemes?
  • How do the key stakeholders view the schemes?
  • Do risk sharing schemes work?
Dr Rafiq Hassan, Head of Market Access, juneartis Kevan Wind, Medicines Procurement Specialist Pharm View Slides
11.30am Tea/Coffee
12 Noon A Review of the Supply Chain Model
  • What is happening to the supply chain?
  • Who are the winners and losers?
  • What will the supply chain look like in the future?
Michael Thomas Principal, A.T. Kearney Ltd View Slides
12.45pm David Samways Award
12.50pm Lunch
2.00pm How do Pharma set the prices of their medicines?
  • What factors influence the cost of medicines?
  • Do we get value from the cost of our medicines?
  • Why do Orphan medicines cost so much?
Donald Macarthur Indepenent Consultant View Slides
2.45pm Purchasing new products to assist implementation of NPSA injectable guidance
  • What factors influence the cost of medicines?
  • Do we get value from the cost of our medicines?
  • Why do Orphan medicines cost so much?
Dr Clare Crowley Medicines Safety Pharmacist, Oxford Radcliffe Hosp View Slides
3.15pm The Chain Reaction
  • Pandemic flu – myth or reality?
  • How will the supply chain cope?
  • What are key strategic measures that will affect the whole supply chain?
Michael Young Medicines, Pharmacy, Industry Dept (MPI), DoH View Slides
4.00pm Close