Emerging Development and Policy Trends in the Economics of the Biopharmaceutical Industry
Track
:
Track 10: Public Policy/Health Care Compliance/Regulatory Law
Program Code:
362
Date:
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Time:
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
EST
CHAIR
:
Joseph DiMasi, Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, Tufts University, United States
Dr. DiMasi has been at the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development since the fall of 1987. Prior to this, he was a member of the Department of Economics at the College of the Holy Cross. Dr. DiMasi received his Ph.D. in Economics from Boston College in 1984.
PRESENTER
(S):
Kathleen Basmadjian
Joseph DiMasi, Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, Tufts University, United States
Dr. DiMasi has been at the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development since the fall of 1987. Prior to this, he was a member of the Department of Economics at the College of the Holy Cross. Dr. DiMasi received his Ph.D. in Economics from Boston College in 1984.
Ray is Sr. Director of Project Management at Targacept, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovery and development of drugs targeting neuronal nicotinic receptors. Ray's broad experience in the biopharmaceutical industry includes 20 years in Project and Portfolio Management.
Description
The implications of industry practices and public policies for R&D productivity and the incentives to innovate will be examined.
Learning Objectives: Describe drug development metrics that impact industry economics Analyze emerging industry R&D and market trends and current and proposed public policies that affect incentives to develop new drugs.