Comparative Models of health care Reform Location: Pound Hall, Room 102
The event will bring together specialists on a group of model states and countries to discuss relevant health care system, their successes and limitations, and their potential application to US reform. Panelists include Jon Kingsdale, Ted Marmor, Kieke Okma and Mary Ruggie; the event will be moderated by Ted Ruger.
Co-sponsored with Harvard Law and Health Care Society
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Noon
Medical Prize Funds: an Alternative reward Mechanism for Medical Innovation Location: Pound Hall, Room 335
Patenting and other rewards that rely on protected markets to encourage research investment in medical technology do not always provide the right incentives needed to optimize public health. In recent years, a number of proposals have focused on replacing or supplementing the patent system and related incentives with a mechanism that rewards medical research based on its value to human health -- as opposed to its value in the marketplace. Prize funds are potential mechanisms to offer pharmaceutical innovators a supplementary reward based on the health impact of their products. This panel discussion examines various prize proposals and discusses potential interactions between prize funds and patenting and other market-based reward mechanisms in the context of health innovation. Co-sponsored with the Harvard Journal for Law and Technology, and HLS Universities Allied for Essential Medicines
Debating the ethical and legal limits of re-engineering human biology
