[A2k] Jan 28/29 KEI & UNU-MERIT Maastricht Workshop on Medical Innovation Prizes

[malini.aisola@keionline.org]

The following is the current agenda for the KEI & UNU-MERIT Maastricht
Workshop on Medical Innovation Prizes being held on January 28-29, 2008 in
Maastricht, The Netherlands

The workshop is open to the public and there is no fee to attend. Register
at http://ccg.merit.unu.edu/prizefund/

For more information, please contact Karsten Gerloff <gerloff at
merit.unu.edu> or Malini Aisola <malini.aisola at keionline.org>.

Malini Aisola
Knowledge Ecology International
1621 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009 USA
Tel.:  +1.202.332.2670 Fax: +1.202.332.2673
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KEI & UNU-MERIT Maastricht Workshop:
Medical innovation prizes as a mechanism to promote innovation and access

Date: January 28-29, 2008

Location: UNU-MERIT in Maastricht, The Netherlands
Monday morning: Aula, Maastricht University, Faculty of Economics,
Tongersestraat 53
Monday afternoon & Tuesday: Aula, Maastricht University,
Minderbroedersberg 4-6

Agenda:

 Monday, Jan 28

09:00  Welcome

    Konrad Osterwalder, Rector, United Nations University
    James Love, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)

09:15  Panel 1  Overview, prizes to stimulate innovation

    Chair:  Kalipso Chalkidou, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health on
secondment from UK NICE

    William Fisher, Harvard Law School: Prizes for medical innovation
Steve Merrill, US National Academy of Science: Innovation prizes in
other fields

10:45  Break

11:00  Panel 2  Prizes, the U.S. and European Context

    Chair:  Suerie Moon, Harvard, KSG

    Dwayne Spradlin, CEO, InnoCentive: Prizes for Research tools and Basic
Medical Research
    Nicole Szlezak, Board of Directors, Prize4Life
    David Reynolds, US Senator Sanders Office, S.2210: The Medical
Innovation Prize Act
    Joan Rovira, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

13:00  Venue change & Lunch

14:30  Panel 3  Prizes for developing countries

    Chair: Thiru Balasubramaniam, KEI

    Pierre Chirac, Medecins sans Frontieres: Prize for TB low-cost point
of care rapid diagnostic test
    Aidan Hollis, University of Calgary: A voluntary prize mechanism

15:30  Break

15:45  Panel 4  Issues in Prize Design

    Chair: Ahmed Abdel Latif, ICTSD

    John Erickson, CEO Sequoia Pharmaceuticals: A system of prizes that
rewards product development in stages
    James Love, KEI: Prizes and follow-on innovation

16:45  Panel 5  Views of Developing Countries

       Chair: Spring Gombe, KEI

       Dilip Shah, Secretary General, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance Ahmed
Abdel Latif, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development (ICTSD)
       A.E. Ogwell, Kenya Ministry of Health

18:00 End of the first day

19:00  Speakers' dinner

Tuesday, Jan 29

09:00  Panel 6  - Economists on prizes

          Chair: Rishab Ghosh, UNU-MERIT

          Ove Grandstrand, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Lee
Davis, Copenhagen Business School
          Bart Verspagen, Eindhoven University of Technology


10:30  Break

10:45  Panel 7   Sustainable financing for prizes

        Chair: Charles Clift, DFID

        Michelle Childs, KEI: A prize mechanism for UNITAID/Global Fund
Peter Brown, SecurePharma: possible role of the International
Finance Facility (IFF) in providing credible and sustainable
sources of funding for innovation prizes for neglected diseases
        Nicoletta Dentico, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi):
 Transaction based funding mechanisms for public goods
        James Love, KEI: Creating Fixed Amount Prize Funds that will be
divided among qualifying projects, with total funding a fraction
of GDP or health care budgets
        Respondent: Luc Soete, UNU-MERIT

12:30  Lunch

14:00  Panel 8      The management of prizes

        Chair: Oliver Moldenhauer, MSF

        Amy Kapczynski, University of California, Berkeley
        Ron Marchant, former Chief Executive of the UK Intellectual
Property Office
        Kalipso Chalkidou, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health on
secondment from UK NICE: Valuing prizes and making reimbursement
decisions: how different?

16:00  Break

16:15  Panel 9    Conclusions and Next Steps

         Chair: Amy Kapczynski, University of California, Berkeley

         A.E. Ogwell, Kenya Ministry of Health
         Rishab Ghosh, UNU-MERIT
         James Love, KEI

17:30 End of the workshop