Access to Medicine – from Ranking to Action; scaling up good practice
Date
23 January 2017
Time
09:00 to 17:00
Location
Maison de la Paix Meeting Centre of the Graduate Institute of Development and International Studies
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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.
Program
Arrival and Registration
Welcome
Simon Wright, Save the Children; Brendan Shaw, IFPMA; Suerie Moon, Graduate Institute
Presentation on the ATM Index: Its methodology and a summary of main findings
Danny Edwards, ATM Foundation
Coffee Break
Panel 1: Improving affordability and availability through voluntary licensing and equitable pricing
Helen McDowell, ViiV Healthcare; Jami Taylor, Janssen (Johnson & Johnson)
Panel 2: Health system strengthening
Sarbani Chakraborty, Merck; Frances Longley, AMREF Health Africa UK
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
Lunch and registration to afternoon workshops
Introduction to breakout workshops
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
Coffee Break
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
Closing words
Simon Wright, Save the Children; Brendan Shaw, IFPMA; Suerie Moon, Graduate Institute
Conference ends
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