24 Ottobre 2022
Hosted by the Member of the European Parliament Tomislav Sokol (EPP group), co-chair of the MEPs Interest Group “European Patients’ Rights and Cross-border Healthcare”, the initiative was organized by Active Citizenship Network, the EU branch of Cittadinanzattiva, with the aim of contributing to providing a multi-stakeholder vision for equitable patient access to ATMPs.
The program
Moderator: Mariam Zaidi, Journalist – EURACTIV
16:00 – 16:20 Welcome address
- MEP Tomislav Sokol, Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), co-chair of the MEPs Interest Group “European Patients’ Rights and Cross-border Healthcare” and member of the TRANSFORM MEP Interest Group
- Mariano Votta, Director – Active Citizenship Network
16:20 – 16:40
Overview
The economic evaluation of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs): characteristics and reasons for a new economic and accounting approach
- Mauro Maré, Professor of Public Economics – University of Tuscia and LUISS University
16:40 – 17:40 Panel discussion
- Paschalia Koufokotsiou, Policy officer – European Commission, DG SANTE – Unit D1: medical products, quality, safety, innovation
- Sarah Garner, PhD, Senior Policy Advisor Access to Medicines and Health Products – World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe
- Giorgio Alleva, Professor of Statistics – Sapienza University of Rome; Former president – ISTAT (Italian National Institute of Statistics)
- Androulla Eleftheriou, Executive Director – Thalassemia International Federation; Director – Cyprus WHO Collaborating Centre of the Cyprus Ministry of Health. For a technical issue she couldn’t attend please click here to find her ppt presentation.
- Jasna Karačić, PhD, President – Croatian association for the promotion of patient’s rights; Head of Health Diplomacy Unit – International Council of The Patient Ombudsman; Health attaché during the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
17:40 – 17:50 Comments from the floor
17:50 – 18:00 Conclusions
- Daniele Manca, Member of the Senate of the Italian Republic; Promoter of the Interest Group “Sustainable Innovation in Healthcare”. For a technical issue he couldn’t attend please click here to find his speech.
- Mariano Votta, Director – Active Citizenship Network