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Valuing Life

New Zealand Medicine Access Summit

29-30 April 2024

WELLINGTON

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Welcome.

Patient Voice Aotearoa and Medicines New Zealand seek your participation in the Valuing Life - Medicines Access Summit which will be held at The Grand Hall in the Parliament Buildings. The Summit will be hosted by The Honourable David Seymour, Associate Minister of Health.

Join us for high-level discussions among a diverse range of stakeholders' participants, including local and international clinical and health technology assessment experts, speakers, patient advocates, industry, government, and MPs, providing a platform for crucial conversations on advancing medicines access in New Zealand. Below is all the information you need about the Valuing Life – Medicines Access Summit.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS AN INVITATION ONLY EVENT AND INVITATIONS ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE.

Speakers.

This summit will be a ‘how to’ event where stakeholders and international and local experts share practical advice, strategies and guidance on how to accomplish specific improvements to processes and outcomes regarding medicines access. It will be the first multi-stakeholder event ever run of its type here in New Zealand on this topic.

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Hon David Seymour

Associate Minister of Health

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Dr Malcolm Mulholland

Chair, Patient Voice Aotearoa

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Todd Krieble

BSc, MPH, MPP

Chair, Medicines New Zealand

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Dr Rodger Tiedemann

MBChB PhD FRACP FRCPA 

Associate Professor of Medicine | University of Auckland, Consultant Haematologist | Cancer and Blood Service, Auckland Hospital

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Dr Dragan Damianovich

MD (Zagreb) FRACP

Medical Oncologist

Bowel Cancer NZ Medical Advisor

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Dr John Baker

MB ChB FRCPA

Diabetes Specialist, Endocrinologist

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Dr Gina O'Grady

MB ChB, FRACP

Paediatric Neurologist - Starship

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Richard Vines

Chair, Rare Cancers Australia

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Dr Richard Stein

Gastroenterologist, MD, FRACP, FACG, FAGA,

Chairman, Crohn’s and Colitis New Zealand Charitable Trust

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Dr Tim Kanters

iMTA Erasmus University, Netherlands

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Stella O'Brien

NICE Tech Appraisal Committee,

Patient Representative UK

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Jo Watson

BASoc.Sc, MPH

Deputy Chair of the PBAC

Chair of the Health Technology Assessment Consumer Consultative Committee, Deputy Chair of the Consumers Health Forum

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Prof David Thomas

Director Australian Genomic Cancer Medicine Centre,

Garvan Institute of Medical Research

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Prof John Zalcberg

MB BS, PhD, FRACP, FRACMA, FAICD

All Can Australia Board Director, Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University and Department of Medical Oncology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia

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Sue Chetwin, LLB CNZM

Chair of the Pharmac Review

Consumer Advocate

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Dr Christian Schwabe

MD, MPharm Med

Chief Executive Officer, Senior Research Physician New Zealand Clinical Research

Agenda.

The programme is accurate at the time of publishing. If any changes are made, we will update the website to reflect those changes.

Monday 29 April 2024 - Day one

Hosted by The Honourable David Seymour, Associate Minister of Health

8:45 AM
Grand Hall

9:00 AM
Grand Hall

Assemble in the Grand Hall at New Zealand Parliament Buildings with media.

Opening addresses from The Honourable David Seymour, Associate Minister of Health

9:30 AM
Grand Hall

Patient Medicines Access Journey

Facilitated by Dr Malcolm Mulholland

Panel includes:

  • Emma Purchase

  • Fiona Tolich

10:00 AM
Grand Hall

New Zealand Doctors Journeys - panel session

Facilitated by Dr Malcolm Mulholland

Panel includes:

  • Dr Rodger Tiedemann - Consultant Haematologist | Cancer and Blood Service

  • Dr Richard Stein - Gastroenterologist

  • Dr Dragan Damianovich - Medical Oncologist

  • Dr John Baker - Diabetes Specialist, Endocrinologist

  • Dr Gina O'Grady - Paediatric Neurologist - Starship

10:30 AM
Grand Hall

11:00 AM
Grand Hall

11:30 AM
Grand Hall

12:15 PM
Grand Hall

1:00 PM
Grand Hall

2:00 PM
Select Committee Rooms

Morning Tea including Media Q&A

How to take a societal perspective on Health Treatment Evaluations - the Dutch perspective

Facilitated by Todd Krieble

Dr Tim Kanters (iMTA Erasmus University, Netherlands)

How to improve patient engagement in decision-making processes:

Facilitated by: Dr Malcolm Mulholland

Panel includes:

  • Stella O’Brien - NICE Tech Appraisal Committee, Patient Representative UK

  • Jo Watson - Deputy Chair of the PBAC

  • Sue Chetwin - Chair of the Pharmac Review, Consumer Advocate

  • Fiona Tolich - SMA Patient Advocate

  • Dr Robyn Manuel - Pharmac Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC) Chair

  • Dr Jane Thomas - Pharmac PTAC Chair

Lunch including Media Q&A with speakers

How to improve multi-stakeholder collaborations and why it matters (medicines access, clinical trials, research initiatives)

Facilitated by: Todd Krieble

  • Richard Vines (Rare Cancers Australia, Chair)

  • Prof John Zalcberg (All.Can Australia Board Director, Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University & Dept of Medical Oncology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia)

  • Prof David Thomas (Garvan Research Institute)

  • Stuart Knight (Ex Roche GM NZ, Australia, Portugal, Hungary)

  • Dr Christian Schwabe (CEO NZ Clinical Research)

  • Dr Ben Lawrence (Senior Lecturer Department of Oncology, University of Auckland)

  • Dr Rob Weinkove (Malaghan Institute of Medical Research)

Concurrent workshop sessions

Please select your preferred workshop in your registration and a second option if your first choice is full.

Please note: Members of the media are not permitted to attend the Summit workshops.

1

Enhancing HTA Processes in New Zealand

This workshop will focus on discussion of  potential enhancements to the existing health technology assessment (HTA ) processes  in New Zealand  using a holistic approach to costs and benefits. The session will include discussion on learnings that can be adopted from overseas to suit the New Zealand system.

Chair - Sarah Hogan

(NZIER Principal Economist)

2

Building a fit-for-purpose Medicines Strategy for NZ

This workshop will focus on establishing core themes and elements for a modernised medicines strategy that will both allow greater certainty for all health sector stakeholders and help future-proof the health system.

Chair - Dr Lee Mathias, ONZM

(Independent Director, former Chair at HPA, Medicines New Zealand and Counties Manukau DHB)

3

Better stakeholder engagement in decision-making processes

This workshop will investigate the key enablers necessary to allow all stakeholders, but particularly the patient/consumer voice, the ability to have inputs into decision-making processes  undertaken on medicines procurement.

Chair - Sue Chetwin,

LLB CNZM

(Consumer Advocate)

4

Health Innovation Optimisation in New Zealand (precision health, clinical research, horizon scanning)

This workshop will determine what the critical success factors are to optimise implementation of three key health research and innovation platforms in New Zealand:  a "1 stop shop " for human pharmaceutical clinical trials;   a unified health technology horizon scanning  system, and;  a precision medicines platform.

Chair - Dr Christian Schwabe, MD, MPharm Med

(CEO, Senior Research Physician NZ Clinical Research)

3:15 PM
Grand Hall

Afternoon tea

4:00 PM
Grand Hall

Assemble as a collective with a short summary and where to from here from each workshop (15 minutes each)

Facilitated by: Todd Krieble

5:00 PM
Grand Hall

Closing remarks

Dr Malcolm Mulholland, Chair Patient Voice Aotearoa

Todd Krieble, Chair Medicines New Zealand

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Grand Hall

Networking drinks

7:30 PM
Grand Hall

Event concludes

Tuesday 30 April 2024 - Day two

PATIENT ADVOCATES ONLY
 

7:30 AM
Grand Hall

Parliamentary Breakfast with MPs

Hosted by Todd Stephenson, ACT New Zealand

Including panel with some of yesterday's speakers and NZ patients

9:00 AM
Grand Hall

10:30 AM
Grand Hall

11:00 AM
Grand Hall

12:30 PM
Grand Hall

Workshop

Optimising the patient voice in New Zealand

Morning tea

The Patient Voice in New Zealand - next steps

Facilitated by Dr Malcolm Mulholland

Event concludes

"Attendee Disclaimer

By attending this Summit, you are acknowledging the following matters and rules applying to the conduct of the Summit, and agreeing to acting in accordance with them:

The attendees of the Event acknowledge that they understand the views and opinions expressed during the Event are those of each individual speaker/panellist and do not necessarily reflect the views or position of Medicines New Zealand or Patient Voice Aotearoa. The Summit has been organised to provide an opportunity for high-level discussion among a diverse range of local and international stakeholders in the health and medicine sector. Accordingly, the organisers have provided a platform for the speakers/panellists to express their own personal views and opinions.

During the Event the moderator will indicate when a session/panel event is subject to Chatham House Rule. Under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed. The aim of Chatham House Rule is to bring people together, break down barriers, generate ideas and agree solutions. The attendees of the Summit agree and acknowledge that it is therefore of vital importance that what is said whilst Chatham House Rules apply, is not repeated or disclosed outside of the session."

Registration

PLEASE NOTE: This is an invitation only event and invitations are not transferable.

Spaces are limited, so we encourage you to register promptly to secure your spot and avoid any disappointment.

Before you click to RSVP or Register based on your individual invitation, please check you have the correct one or use the link provided in your invitation.

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What

Valuing Life

New Zealand Medicines Access Summit 2024

When

29 - 30 April 2024

Where

NZ Parliament, Grand Hall

1 Molesworth Street, Pipitea, Wellington 6011

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