Annual International Meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
May 3 – 7, 2008
Toronto, Canada
As the incoming President of ISPOR, Chris Pashos, Ph.D., Vice
President Abt Bio-Pharma Solutions, addressed the conference on Tuesday, May 6.
Abt
Bio-Pharma Solutions was both an exhibitor at the conference and an event sponsor.
Abt
Bio-Pharma Solutions lead a four-hour Patient
Registries Short Course on Sunday May 4 and several members of staff made
presentations during the conference:
Monday, May 5
PATIENT
REGISTRY SIG FORUM
Registry Design, Operations, Data &
Taxonomy This session focused on good research principles, practical
design and operational considerations in developing registries and the use of
patient registry information as well as the ISPOR Taxonomy of Patient Registries
book. Speakers (Patient Registry SIG Working Group Chairs): Chris L. Pashos, Ph.D., Vice President, ABS Leanne R.
Larson, M.H.A. Vice President, Registry Consulting, Ovation Research Group
/ ICON Clinical Research Annette Stemhagen, Dr.P.H., F.I.S.P.E., Vice
President, Epidemiology and Risk Management, United BioSource Corporation
Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes
Research Fellowship Standards
This Forum provided an opportunity to discuss
the upcoming publication of the Task Force report Joint
ACCP and ISPOR Guidelines for Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research Fellowship
Training Programs. Several PEOR fellowship mentors and their fellows
briefly discussed their experiences and its relationship to the Fellowship Guidelines.
A floor discussion was open to all participants, including fellows, preceptors
of fellows, academics and other interested parties, to meet and share their thoughts
and ideas about Pharmacoeconomic fellowships. Moderator: Alan Bakst,
Pharm.D., M.B.A., Chair, ISPOR Fellowship Standards Task Force and Senior Director,
Global Health Economics and Reimbursement, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Speakers: Svetlana Denevich, Pharm.D., Pharmacoeconomics and
Outcomes Research Fellow, ABS Shiraz Gupta, Pharm.D., Manager, Global
Health Economics & Outcomes Research A. Simon Pickard, Ph.D., Assistant
Professor, Pharmacy Practice & Pharmacy Administration, Assistant Director, Center
for Pharmacoeconomic Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Prabashni Reddy, R.Ph., M.S., Pharm.D., Director of the Center for Drug
Policy, Partners Healthcare Robert Wittenberg, Pharm.D., Fellow, University
of Illinois at Chicago & TAP Pharmaceutical Products
