JoPPP 2020 Virtual Conference on Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Date: 20-21 November 2020
Organised by:  Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Background:
Pharmaceutical policy and practice research deal with the issues related to medicines regulation, access, and use. It also addresses questions such as how and why people access pharmacy services; how much pharmaceutical care costs; and what happens to patients when they use these services.

In this context, the Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (JoPPP) was launched and the objective was to disseminate empirical research findings, with the aim people everywhere have access to medicines they need and use them rationally. The journal is indexed in Scopus, PubMed Central and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).

JoPPP Conferences

The 1^st JoPPP conference on Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Research was organised on 28^th-29^th August 2019 together with the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), in Shah Alam, Malaysia.  The response was excellent and on following on this, the JoPPP 2020 Virtual Conference was planned.

Aim

The aim of this conference was to build on the journal’s work and to discuss broader themes related to pharmaceutical policy and practice research.

Topics

• Methods in producing pharmaceutical policy and practice research
• Pharmaceutical policy and practice research evidence
• Access to medicines, pharmaceutical pricing
• Medicines use, pharmacy practice
• Public health
• Big data and pharmaceutical research
• COVID19 and pharmacists

 Overview and Highlight videos:

• Overview
• Access to medicines
• Use and management of medicines
• Role of the pharmacist

Conference Schedule

 

All times listed are GMT.

Day 1: 20th November 2020
9:20-9:30 am	Welcome Note	Prof. Zaheer Babar	Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, UK
Session 1 Video of entire session Chair: Amy Chan
9:30 - 10:15 AM	Access to insulin issues on the eve of the 100-year anniversary of its discovery	Marg Ewen	Health Action International (HAI), Amsterdam, Netherlands
10:15 - 11:00 AM	Tobacco control policy and practice: What’s next for pharmacists?	Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed	International Islamic University Malaysia
11:00 - 11:45 AM	Increasing access to essential services: Can pharmacists contribute to universal health coverage?	Filipa Costa	University of Lisbon, Portugal
Break
Session 2 Video of entire session Chair: Faris El-Dahiyat
2:15 - 3:00 PM	Strengthening Medicines Management: Supervision, performance assessment, and recognition strategy	Birna Trap	Management Sciences for Health,  Nepal
3:00 - 3:45 PM	COVID-19 treatment guidelines in South Africa	Andy Gray	University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
3:45 - 4:30 PM	The pharmacy is dead, long live the pharmacist	Darrin Baines	Bournemouth University, UK
Day 2: 21st November 2020
Session 3 Video of entire session Chair: Nadeem Zia
9:30 - 10:15 AM	Pharmaceutical price comparison studies	Sabine Vogler	Austrian National Public  Health Institute, Vienna, Austria
10:15 - 11:00 AM	Pharmaceutical policies for gaining access to high-priced medicines for rare diseases: Transforming uncertainties into legitimate regulation	Silvana Nair Leite	Universidade Federal De Santa Catrina, Brazil
11:00 - 11:45 AM	Digital adherence interventions in asthma	Amy Chan	University of Auckland, New Zealand
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM	The Big Data and International Pharmacovigilance	Usman Iqbal	Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Session 4 Video of entire session Chair: Yousaf Ahmad
2:00 - 2:45 PM	Future of health technology assessment	Dalia Dawoud	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), UK
3:00 - 3:45 PM	Pharmacists and Covid 19	Nadia Bukhari	University College London, UK
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PDF version of the conference schedule.

Conference Co-organizers: Nadeem Zia, Rabbiya Ahmad, Yousaf Ahmad, Faris El-Dahiyat, Amy Chan