23 January, 2017

09:00 to 17:00UTC+01:00

Access to Medicine – from Ranking to Action; scaling up good practice

Access to Medicine – from Ranking to Action; scaling up good practice

Maison de la Paix Meeting Centre of the Graduate Institute of Development and International Studies

IFPMA and Save the Children organized an action-focus one day conference titled ‘Access to Medicine – from Ranking to Action; scaling up good practice’ on 23rd January 2017, timed to coincide with the World Health Organization Executive Board meeting and following the recent publication of the 2016 Access to Medicine Index Report.
Throughout the morning plenary sessions participants heard some good practice case studies from biopharmaceutical companies and organizations working in the health space, focusing on the success factors, enablers, and approaches companies may employ to improve access to medicine and determining the common themes and components needed to achieve these. The first panel focused on affordability and availability, the second panel on health systems strengthening, and the third panel on collaborative R&D. During the afternoon breakout sessions smaller groups picked up some of the main discussion points of the morning to identify some gaps and opportunities where action could be taken. A full report of the event will be shared shortly.

9.00

Arrival and Registration

9.30

Welcome
Simon Wright, Save the Children; Brendan Shaw, IFPMA; Suerie Moon, Graduate Institute

9.45

Presentation on the ATM Index: Its methodology and a summary of main findings
Danny Edwards, ATM Foundation

10.30

Coffee Break

10.45

Panel 1: Improving affordability and availability through voluntary licensing and equitable pricing
Helen McDowell, ViiV Healthcare; Jami Taylor, Janssen (Johnson & Johnson)

11.35

Panel 2: Health system strengthening
Sarbani Chakraborty, Merck; Frances Longley, AMREF Health Africa UK

12.25

Panel 3: Promoting collaborative R&D to drive innovation and stronger access provisions
Grania Brigden, The International Union Against TB and Lung Disease; Hayato Urabe, Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund

13.15

Lunch and registration to afternoon workshops

14.00

Introduction to breakout workshops

14.15

Break out into action-focused workshop groups, to discuss how to scale-up good practice and new ideas to improve access to medicines, exploring ideas under the broad themes of:
1) Collaborative R&D models
2) Improving affordability and availability
3) Health system strengthening

15.15

Coffee Break

15.30

Feedback session and panel discussion on scaling up good practice; prioritisation and agreeing accountability
Damiano de Felice, ATM Foundation; Rohit Malpani, MSF; Jon Pender, GlaxoSmithKline; Deirdre Dimancesco, WHO; Rachelle Harris, Department for International Development

16.45

Closing words
Simon Wright, Save the Children; Brendan Shaw, IFPMA; Suerie Moon, Graduate Institute

17.00

Conference ends
Simon Wright

Simon Wright

Save the Children

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Brendan Shaw

Brendan Shaw

IFPMA

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Suerie Moon

Suerie Moon

Graduate Institute

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Danny Edwards

Danny Edwards

ATM Foundation

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Helen McDowell

Helen McDowell

ViiV Healthcare

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Jami Taylor

Jami Taylor

Janssen (Johnson & Johnson)

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Sarbani Chakraborty

Sarbani Chakraborty

Merck

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Frances Longley

Frances Longley

Amref Health Africa

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Grania Bridgen

Grania Bridgen

The International Union Against TB and Lung Disease

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Hayato Urabe

Hayato Urabe

GHIT

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Damiano de Felice

Damiano de Felice

ATM Foundation

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Jon Pender

Jon Pender

GlaxoSmithKline

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Deirdre Dimancesco

Deirdre Dimancesco

World Health Organization

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Rachelle Harris

Rachelle Harris

Department for International Development

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Rohit Malpani

Rohit Malpani

MSF

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23rd Jan 2017

09:00 to 17:00 UTC+01:00

Maison de la Paix Meeting Centre of the Graduate Institute of Development and International Studies

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