The Future of Biologic and Biosimilar Therapies for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Alberta Health Care
Presented by: University of CalgaryCategory: Other Event
Price: $0
Date: May 29, 2014 – May 29, 2014
Address: 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
Website: http://www.ucalgary.ca/
Biologic and Biosimilar Therapies The Future of Biologic and Biosimilar Therapies for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Alberta Health Care Thursday, May 29, 2014, 9:00 – 17:00 The Westin Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta Moderator: Dianne Mosher University of Calgary 9:00 – 9:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks Glen Montieth, Chief Delivery Officer, Alberta Health 9:15– 9:30 Biologic and Biosimilar Therapies – An Overview Dianne Mosher, Chief, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary 9:30– 10:30 Biologic Therapies in Rheumatoid Arthritis Project Walter Maksymowych, Professor, University of Alberta Liam Martin, Professor, University of Calgary 10:30– 10:45 Break 10:45– 12:00 Implications of Biologic Therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis from a patient and payers’ perspectives Patient Perspective Cheryl Koehn Founder and President, Arthritis Consumer Experts (ACE) Public Payer Perspective Michael Guirguis, Drug Stewardship Pharmacist, AHS Private Payer Perspective TBA 12:00 – 12:30 Chander Sehgal, Director, Common Drug Review (CDR) and Optimal Use, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break 13:30 – 14:00 Health Canada’s Policies on Biologic and Biosimilar Therapies Agnes Klein, Director, Centre for Evaluation of Radiopharmaceuticals and Biotherapeutics at Health Canada, Health Canada 14:00 – 14:30 Future of Biologic and Biosimilar Therapies – Regulatory issues and Pricing Cate McCready, VP Government Relations, Biotech Canada 14:30 – 14:45 Break 14:45 – 15:45 Panel discussion How does Alberta ensure its leading role for best patient outcomes for Rheumatoid Arthritis? Moderator: Deborah Marshall Panelists: Walter Maksymowych, Liam Martin Michael Guirguis, Cheryl Koehn, Agnes Klein, Cate McCready Questions 15:45 – 16:00 Wrap- up 16:00 – 17:00 Reception
Location:
The Westin Hotel Edmonton
Speaker:
Moderator: Dianne Mosher University of Calgary
More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/future-biologic-and-biosimilar-therapies-management-rheumatoid-arthritis-alberta-health