Programme

9.00 – 9.20	Welcome. Rational pharmacotherapy – Contents and Scopes Definitions, limitations and methods of rational pharmacotherapy Jens Peter Kampmann, Chief of Institute for Rational Pharmacotherapy, Denmark
9.20 – 9.45	Implementation of rational pharmacotherapy Public and private sources in various EU-countries Kees de Joncheere, Regional Adviser for Pharmaceuticals and Technology, WHO, Regional office for Europe, Denmark
9.45 – 10.15	Consequenses of the different use of drugs The result of different use of antibiotics in the EU Arne Melander, Chief of NEPI (Network of drug epidemiology), Sweden
10.15 – 10.45	Coffee
10.45 – 11.15	The role of the authorities How can authorities contribute to rational pharmacotherapy? Gunnar Alvan, Chief of Swedish Medicines Agency, Sweden
11.15 – 11.45	Independent drug information and rational pharmacotherapy How do institutions like NICE promote a rational use of drugs?  Anne Toni Rodgers, Communications Director, NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence),UK
11.45 – 12.15	European drug statistics What is the reason for the differences between the various EU countries? Ulrich Schwabe, Professor of Pharmacology, Germany
12.15 – 13.10	Lunch
13.10 – 13.30	Is rational pharmacotherapy of any interest to the politicians? Is there af need for a public information service on medicine? Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Minister for the Interior and Health, Denmark
13.30 – 14.00	Health economy and its correlation to rational pharmacotherapy Does health economy help to develop rational pharmacotherapy? Alan K. Maynard, Professor of Health Economics, UK
14.00 – 14.10	Break
14.10 – 14.40	Drug industry and rational pharmacotherapy Is it possible to combine the development of drugs, the burden of economic strains and rational pharmacotherapy? Teddy Hebo Larsen, Chairman of the Danish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry (Lif), Denmark
14.40 – 15.10	The role of the press in implementation of rational pharmacotherapy The press: voice of the public, adulation of doctors or watchdog? Simon Andersen, Journalist, Roskilde University, Denmark
15.10 – 15.30	Coffee
15.30 – 16.30	Why it is so difficult to implement rational pharmacotherapy? Final debate and conclusions Silvio Garattini, Professor, the Mario Negri Institute, Italy Danielle Bardelay, Senior Editor, La Prescrire, France Hanne R. Christensen, Chairman for the Danish Society of Clinical Pharmacology, Denmark

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Opdateret: 24. maj 2006