[Ecommerce] Mark October 11: Tom Faunce in DC on Australia FTA and PBS

[Jeff Williams]

Joy and all,

I wholeheartedly agree with Dr. Faunce's assessment and I
as are many of our members on record as such.  Yet,
we as americans do far to little about it, and scream
foul at the same time.  This demonstrates one of
many areas of american apathy and distrust towards
our political administrations behavior and actions
accordingly.

Joy Spencer wrote:

> CPTech will hold an informal public meeting (12:30 to 2 pm, bring  your
> own lunch) on Tuesday, October 11, with Dr. Thomas Faunce, an  expert on
> the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme.
>
> The United States spends more on medical research than any other
> country, but too much is spent on marketing-related studies and too
> little on cost-effectiveness studies or head-to-head studies which
> compare drugs within a therapeutic class.  Australia's PBS system is an
> important effort to use pharmaceutical cost-effectiveness reviews  to
> evaluate the reimbursement rate for pharmaceutical drugs.
>
> Dr. Thomas Faunce is an expert on the Australian PBS system and is
> currently engaged in a 3-year study funded by the Australian Research
> Council of how the intellectual property provisions of the Australia-US
> Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) will modify access to affordable  drugs in
> Australia.  His presentation at 12.30 on Oct 11 will be a valuable
> opportunity to understand the Australian model and its  potential
> relevance to the US.
>
> The meeting will be held at CPTech's new office at 1621 Connecticut
> Avenue, Suite 500, which is between Q and R Street on Connecticut
> Avenue, very close to the Dupont Circle North subway entrance.   Please
> let  Joy Spencer know if you are planning to attend at
> joy.spencer@cptech.org
>
> --
> Joy Spencer
> 1.202.332.2670 (t)
> 1.202.332.2673 (f)
> joy.spencer@cptech.org
>
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Regards,

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