The 2009 Annual Conference was held April 19th – 21st, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel. The theme of the 2009 conference was “A Look to the Future: Medication Use, Safety and Effectiveness under Economic Uncertainty.” The meeting brought together Canadian academic researchers, federal and provincial policy makers, pharmaceutical industry representatives, and other experts. Conference abstracts are posted at The Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (cjcp.ca).
We have been granted permission to post the following presentations:
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Health Policy Symposium
Drug policy and decision making in uncertain times
Stuart MacLeod
Optimal therapeutics in the cauldron of uncertainty
Neil MacKinnon
Current controversies in Canadian Drug Policy
Olaf Koester
Utilization Management Agreements: a new policy direction
Dawn Graham
Access to innovative pharmaceuticals: moving from the yes/no imperative to how
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Pharmacoepidemiology
Steve Morgan
The Blockbuster Sunset: what changes in the primary care pharmaceutical market mean for research and policy
Pharmacoeconomics
Jeffrey Hoch
Frankenstein, Dracula and net benefit regression: what you need to know
e-Prescribing: Opportunities and Directions
Health Policy Symposium
Incorporating social values into drug reimbursement decision-making: perspectives from the provinces, the public and the press
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Hot Topic: CEDAC/CDR: Past learnings, future directions
Hot Topic: Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network