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Despite national, European and global efforts to ensure adequate and timely access to medicines, shortages of medicines are a widespread phenomenon around the world and have serious consequences for patients and healthcare systems. As early as 2016, the WHO formulated recommendations to combat such bottlenecks. A pharmaceutical strategy was adopted at the European level in 2020 and most recently at the level of the German government in December 2023.
We want to dedicate ourselves to the topic with a specialist conference and discuss global causes and solutions with representatives from science, politics and industry. It builds on the findings of a DFG-funded research project that deals with the causes and consequences of drug shortages. The project, initiated in 2020, is a cooperation between the Hertie School Berlin and the University of Duisburg-Essen. The most important results of the research project will be presented at the conference.
The conference is organized by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Hertie School in cooperation with the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Federation of German Industries (BDI).
Conference languages are English and German. Simultaneous translation will be provided.
Program
15:30 h Registration
16:00 h Opening remarks
Deputy Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag
16:15 h Project Insights and Study Results
Professor of Health Governance, Hertie School
16:35 h Panel Discussion: European Strategies for Greater Resilience in the Supply of Medicines
Member of the Health Committee
Prof. Dr. Karl Broich
President of the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
Iris Plöger
Member of the BDI Executive Board
Moderation:
Prof. Dr. Katharina Blankart
University of Duisburg-Essen and Bern University of Applied Sciences
17:20 h Panel Discussion: International Perspectives on Security of Medicine Supplies
Vanessa Peberdy
Deputy Director, IFPMA
Kathy Hauschild
Advisor Pharmacy and Innovation, action medeor
Eleni Katsis
Direct Relief
Kirti Narsai
Principal Researcher, University of Cape Town
Moderation:
Lukas Lingenthal
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
18:05 h Concluding remarks
Prof. Dr. Mujaheed Shaikh
Professor of Health Governance, Hertie School
18:10 h Reception
20:00 h End of the event
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