[Ip-health] "Ask the Experts" about Drug Reimportation

James Love james.love@cptech.org
Tue Dec 2 11:20:01 2003


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Subject: 	"Ask the Experts" about Drug Reimportation
Date: 	Mon, 1 Dec 2003 12:10:28 -0600
From: 	Families USA <HealthAction@familiesusa.org>

Dear James,

We are sending out this message on behalf of the Kaiser Family
Foundation and kaisernetwork.org.

"Ask the Experts," a kaisernetwork.org live, in-studio webcast, will be
held on Tuesday, December 2, 2003. Beginning at noon ET,
kaisernetwork.org will webcast a panel discussion on prescription drug
reimportation, an issue being hotly debated by federal, state, and local
governments.

*WHO*:

The experts include:
John E. Calfee, scholar, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Tom McGinnis, director of pharmacy affairs, U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
John Rother, director of policy and strategy, AARP

The program will be moderated by Kaiser Family Foundation Vice President
and kaisernetwork.org Editor-In-Chief Larry Levitt.

*WHEN*:

Tuesday, December 2, at 12:00 pm ET

*WHERE*:

The program will be webcast Live at
(http://www.kaisernetwork.org/ask/drugreimportation/02dec2003).

*HOW*:

The panel of experts will take your questions via phone and e-mail. Send
questions ahead of time to ask@kaisernetwork.org
<mailto:ask@kaisernetwork.org> or call 1-888-KAISER8 (524-7378) during
the live broadcast.

Please note: The toll-free phone number will function only during the
live program and is for submitting questions only. The program is
accessible via webcast on the Internet and not via teleconference. If
you have never viewed a webcast before, please test your media player in
advance of the live webcast at
(http://www.kaisernetwork.org/healthcast/howtoview).

We encourage you to share this announcement with your colleagues and
constituents by linking to the event on your Web site and mentioning it
in your listservs and newsletters.