[Pharm-policy] WHO Conference on Policies on Pricing etc

[James Love]

Subject: [e-drug] WHO Conference on Policies on Pricing etc (cont)
   Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 05:23:25 -0400 (EDT)
   From:  "de Joncheere, Kees (HSO-PHT)" <CJO@who.dk>
     To:  e-drug@usa.healthnet.org


E-drug: WHO Conference on Policies on Pricing etc (cont)
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Dear e-druggers,

on November 16-17  WHO European Regional Office is organising a 
meeting with the  Ministries of Health and Social Health Insurance 
Institutions, for the officials responsible for pharmaceutical 
reimbursement and pricing policies.

This meeting is a follow-up of a 1999 WHO/EURO explorative meeting 
with Ministries of Health and social health insurance authorities 
from Member States to discuss the emerging use of pharmaco-economics 
in the decision-making procedures in the reimbursement systems. The 
meeting concluded on the usefulness of applying pharmaco- and health 
economic guidance as one of the criteria in the reimbursement 
decisions, but also recognized the considerable methodological 
difficulties in developing the guidelines and interpreting the 
results of the studies. Possible areas for further work include : 
experiences with pharmaco-economic guidelines and guidance; 
reimbursement criteria;  information exchange on drug prices;
reimbursement status and additional conditions; rational use of medicines ;
and policies on generic drugs.

In response to this the WHO/EURO is convening this meeting that will 
provide a forum for high level pharmaceutical policy makers from 
Ministries of Health and social health insurance from European member 
countries to discuss these pharmaceutical policy issues and 
challenges, to analyse the potential areas for further information 
exchange and international collaboration, and to develop more 
concrete proposals in that respect.

The report of the meeting will posted on the internet, and I will 
alert you in due time.

You also may wish to look at the report of the EU conference on 
"Medicines and Public Health" at http://www.infarmed.pt/home.html

best wishes


Kees de Joncheere
Regional Adviser for Pharmaceuticals
WHO/EURO
8 Scherfigsvej, 2100 Copenhagen, DK
tel 45-39171528/39171432
fax 45-39171855
email cjo@who.dk
http://www.who.dk/ch/pha

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