Monday, 18 July 2022: Introduction to pharmaceutical systems and policies
- The pharmaceutical value chain
- Institutional and policy framework
- Challenges for ensuring access to medicines around the globe
- Practical exercise: Stakeholder analysis
Tuesday, 19 July 2022: Pharmaceutical pricing
- Rationale for price regulation
- Toolbox of pricing policies for new medicines and for generic and biosimilar medicines
- Special topic: Implementing external price referencing - which is the best design?
- Pricing in the supply chain – How to remunerate wholesalers and pharmacies?
- Practical exercise: Where to find price information and how to compare medicine prices?
Wednesday, 20 July 2022: Reimbursement and procurement
- How to prioritise and select medicines for public funding? Introduction into reimbursement
- Pharmaceutical procurement (tools and experiences – e.g. with joint procurement)
Thursday, 21 July 2022: Addressing challenges in pharmaceutical policy
- Topics in high-income countries - e.g. high-priced medicines, shortages, lack of transparency and evidence, value assessments, HTA, managed-entry agreements, collaboration, horizon scanning, etc.
- Topics in low- and middle-income countries – e.g. introducing price regulation, design of co-payment policies to reduce financial hardship, strategies to increase Universal Health Coverage, supply chain security, promotion of medicines, etc.
- Learning about current plans, projects and initiatives (e.g. WHO Oslo Medicines Initiative, Pharmaceutical Strategic for Europe, Beneluxa Initiative, …) and meet representatives
Friday, 22 July 2022: Pharmaceutical strategies and reflections
- Country poster session
- Country policy lab
- “Cookbook” of pharmaceutical policy options
- Follow-up avenues
Please note that thematic input related to policy examples and experience will be, to a large extent, provided from European countries.
Speakers
Sabine Vogler (head of WHOCC)
.... and external speakers (e.g. WHO, experts, national representatives, etc.)