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The Growth in Pharmaceutical Care: Examining Cost, Outcomes and Innovation

(How does the continuing rise in pharmaceutical-based care reshape paradigms, alter care value,
and spur new developments?)

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June 27, 2003
Reserve Officers Association Building
One Constitution Avenue NE, Washington, D.C
Moderator: Hon. P.T. Henry Former Assistant Secretary of the Army

8:00 AM Coffee

8:30 - 8:45 AM Welcoming remarks

8:45 - 10:15 AM Panel 1: A Changing Care Paradigm
(An examination of reasons for continuing growth of pharmaceutical care)

• Richard Manning, PhD, Director, Economic Policy Analysis, Corporate Policy and Strategic Management, Pfizer Corporate Affairs Division
• Daniel Durham, Deputy Director, Office of Health Policy, Department of Health and Human Services
• Robert Roswell, MD, Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs
• William Winkenwerder, MD, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

10:15 - 10:30 AM Break

10:30 - 11:45 AM Panel 2: Outcomes and Other Yardsticks
(Does pharmaceutical care lower costs, make more care available, improve outcomes, drive research?)

• Mike Valentino, Pharmacy Benefit Consultant, Department of Veterans Affairs
• Joseph Torkildson, MD, Director, Clinical Operations, DoD Pharmacoeconomic Center
• Ernst Berndt, PhD, Professor of Applied Economics, MIT Sloan School of Management
• John Derr, RPh, Director of Strategic Planning, American Health Care Association

11:45 - 12:45 PM Lunch

12:45 - 2:00 PM Panel 3: Outlook for the Future
(How will continued expansion in pharmaceutical care affect care delivery?)

• David J. McIntyre, CEO, TriWest Healthcare Alliance
• John Calfee, PhD, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
• Cecil B. Wilson, MD, Member, Board of Trustees, American Medical Association
• Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs

2:00 - 2:15 PM Forum summary

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