[Ip-health] Conference Call: State Policy Options for Prescription Drug Reform

[Joana Ramos]

Forwarded from  National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug
Prices (NLARx), FYI.

Joana
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NLARx News
March 27, 2008

  Prescription Drug Policy Call Friday

State Policy Options for Prescription Drug Reform

Join a nationwide conference call - State Policy Options for
Prescription Drug Reform - hosted by the Progressive States Network and
co-sponsored by the National Legislative Association on Prescription
Drug Prices (NLARx), Prescription Policy Choices, and The Prescription
Project.

   When:    This Friday, March 28th, at 1:00 pm (EST).

   Please RSVP  at:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1665/event/index.jsp?event_KEY=39463

The call will discuss prescription drug reforms moving in states across
the country.  Speakers will emphasize policy options for increasing
access to affordable prescriptions, ensuring the quality and safety of
medications, and reducing the cost-driving influence of Big Pharma's
marketing tactics and the pharmaceutical lobby, including the industry
trade group PhRMA.
Speakers:

   * Maine State Rep. Sharon Treat, Executive director of NLARx
   * New Hampshire State Rep. Cindy Rosenwald
   * Washington State Rep. Jamie Pedersen
   * Marcia Hams, Assistant Director of The Prescription Project
   * Ann Woloson, Executive Director of Prescription Policy Choices
   * Adam Thompson, Senior Health Policy Specialist, Progressive States
Network

Read the Stateside Dispatch outlining policy options for the states and
resources for policymakers and health policy advocates.

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Joana Ramos, MSW
Cancer Resources & Advocacy
Seattle WA USA
+1-206-229-2420
http://ramoslink.info/
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