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Understanding and Improving Governance, Accountability and Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Sector

April 27, 2016

World Health Organization Launches Collaborating Centre for Governance, Accountability and Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Sector at University of Toronto

Toron­to, ON – The Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to and the World Health Orga­ni­za­tion are proud to launch the WHO Col­lab­o­rat­ing Cen­tre for Gov­er­nance, Account­abil­i­ty and Trans­paren­cy for the Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal Sec­tor with a pol­i­cy work­shop and cel­e­bra­tion at the Leslie Dan Fac­ul­ty of Phar­ma­cy on April 29, 2016 from 12:00 pm — 3:30 pm. This event will tack­le all of the press­ing ques­tions impact­ing good gov­er­nance, account­abil­i­ty, and trans­paren­cy in the phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal sec­tor, includ­ing:

  • How do we rec­on­cile the need for inno­v­a­tive med­i­cines with med­i­cine afford­abil­i­ty?
  • What needs to change to keep med­i­cines mar­ket­ing eth­i­cal?
  • What is already in place to ensure account­abil­i­ty in the phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal sec­tor, and is it work­ing?
  • How can the pub­lic be involved in ensur­ing phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal sec­tor trans­paren­cy?

The work­shop will fea­ture speak­ers from glob­al health and health pol­i­cy devel­op­ment insti­tu­tions, acad­e­mia, and the phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal indus­try, includ­ing:

World Health Orga­ni­za­tion, Trans­paren­cy Inter­na­tion­al, Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to, Inno­v­a­tive Med­i­cines Cana­da, Toron­to Star, St. Michael’s Hos­pi­tal, and Cana­di­an Gener­ics Asso­ci­a­tion

We invite you to join us for this dis­cus­sion. For more infor­ma­tion about this event, please vis­it: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/taking-the-pulse-of-transparency-in-the-pharmaceutical-sector-tickets-23063443380

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For more infor­ma­tion about the WHO Col­lab­o­rat­ing Cen­tre for Gov­er­nance, Account­abil­i­ty and Trans­paren­cy for the Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal Sec­tor and the April 29, 2016 work­shop and launch, please con­tact:

Heather McAl­is­ter
Research Fel­low and Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Coor­di­na­tor
647–782-4099
heather.mcalister@mail.utoronto.ca