Written by Administrator
Friday, 18 January 2008
Medical innovation prizes as a mechanism to promote innovation and access
Date: January 28-29, 2008
Location: UNU-MERIT in Maastricht, The Netherlands
Monday morning: Aula, Maastricht University, Faculty of Economics, Tongersestraat 53
Monday afternoon & Tuesday: Aula, Maastricht University, Minderbroedersberg 4-6
The workshop is open to the public and there is no fee to attend. Register at http://ccg.merit.unu.edu/prizefund/
For more information, please contact Karsten Gerloff <gerloff at merit.unu.edu> or Malini Aisola <malini.aisola at keionline.org>
Monday, Jan 28
09:00 Welcome
Konrad Osterwalder, Rector, United Nations University
James Love, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
09:15 Panel 1 Overview, prizes to stimulate innovation
Chair: Kalipso Chalkidou, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health on secondment from UK NICE
William Fisher, Harvard Law School: Prizes for medical innovation
Steve Merrill, US National Academy of Science: Innovation prizes in other fields
10:45 Break
11:00 Panel 2 Prizes, the U.S. and European Context
Chair: Suerie Moon, Harvard, KSG
Dwayne Spradlin, CEO, InnoCentive: Prizes for Research tools and Basic Medical Research
Nicole Szlezak, Board of Directors, Prize4Life
David Reynolds, US Senator Sanders Office, S.2210: The Medical Innovation Prize Act
Joan Rovira, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
13:00 Venue change & Lunch
14:30 Panel 3 Prizes for developing countries
Chair: Thiru Balasubramaniam, KEI
Pierre Chirac, Medecins sans Frontieres: Prize for TB low-cost point of care rapid diagnostic test
Aidan Hollis, University of Calgary: A voluntary prize mechanism
15:30 Break
15:45 Panel 4 Issues in Prize Design
Chair: Ahmed Abdel Latif, ICTSD
John Erickson, CEO Sequoia Pharmaceuticals: A system of prizes that rewards product development in stages
James Love, KEI: Prizes and follow-on innovation
16:45 Panel 5 Views of Developing Countries
Chair: Spring Gombe, KEI
Dilip Shah, Secretary General, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance
Ahmed Abdel Latif, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
A.E. Ogwell, Kenya Ministry of Health
18:00 End of the first day
19:00 Speakers' dinner
Tuesday, Jan 29
09:00 Panel 6 – Economists on prizes
Chair: Rishab Ghosh, UNU-MERIT
Ove Grandstrand, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Lee Davis, Copenhagen Business School
Bart Verspagen, Eindhoven University of Technology
10:30 Break
10:45 Panel 7 Sustainable financing for prizes
Chair: Charles Clift, DFID
Michelle Childs, KEI: A prize mechanism for UNITAID/Global Fund
Peter Brown, SecurePharma: possible role of the International Finance Facility (IFF) in providing credible and sustainable sources of funding for innovation prizes for neglected diseases
Nicoletta Dentico, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi): Transaction based funding mechanisms for public goods
James Love, KEI: Creating Fixed Amount Prize Funds that will be divided among qualifying projects, with total funding a fraction of GDP or health care budgets
Respondent: Luc Soete, UNU-MERIT
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Panel 8 The management of prizes
Chair: Oliver Moldenhauer, MSF
Amy Kapczynski, University of California, Berkeley
Ron Marchant, former Chief Executive of the UK Intellectual Property Office
Kalipso Chalkidou, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health on secondment from UK NICE: Valuing prizes and making reimbursement decisions: how different?
16:00 Break
16:15 Panel 9 Conclusions and Next Steps
Chair: Amy Kapczynski, University of California, Berkeley
A.E. Ogwell, Kenya Ministry of Health
Rishab Ghosh, UNU-MERIT
James Love, KEI
17:30 End of the workshop