PharmaTopia – The world in 30 years’ time
Conference marking the 30th anniversary of the BUKO Pharma-Kampagne
16th – 17th September, 2011, Bielefeld
PharmaTopia
“And where would we be if everybody said where would we be, and nobody went to find out where
we would be if we went.”
Kurt Marti
Where are we today? For 30 years the BUKO Pharma-Kampagne has been critically analyzing the
dark sides of the pharmaceutical market in the south and the north. On our way, many people have
supported us and inspired with their ideas and utopias for a globally fair supply of drugs.
Where to go next? What are our visions of the pharmaceutical research of the future? And what is
the pharmaceutical market of the future going to be like? Which medicines do we need and which
information is necessary to enable patients and doctors to make rational decisions? We wish to ask
uncomfortable questions even if do not have answers ready and allow space for new lines of
thought.
How do we get there? Together with experts from the north and the south, from the medical field,
from specialist organizations and from politics, we will fathom alternatives and seek ways how a
better provision of medicines for all can be implemented.
Join us on our journey to PharmaTopia and let us see where our utopias will lead us! Our
adventurous excursion will be accompanied by musical, humorous and culinary intermezzi. And last
but not least, we wish to celebrate with you!
Scientific conference
Friday, 16th Sept. 2011
3.30 pm
Welcome:
30 years of BUKO Pharma-Kampagne
Jörg Schaaber
4.00 pm
PharmaTopia – The world in 30 years’ time
Dr. Christoph Spehr - IntKom, Society for internationalism and communication
4.30 – 6.30 pm
Who owns the research (English)
Prof. Andy Gray - University of Durban, South Africa
Prof. Adriane Fugh-Berman - Georgetown University, USA
Moderator: Dr. Tim Reed - Director HAI Global, Health Action International
7.00 pm
Anniversary celebration with buffet
8.00 pm
Theatre group “Schluck & weg”
Creative contributions by our guests
Presented by: Dr. Eckhard Schreiber-Weber
Saturday, 17th Sept. 2011
9.30 am
Healthy business?
Pharmaceutical companies in India and Brazil (English)
Podium with Roopa Devadasan - Institute of Public Health, Bangalore, India
Dr. Rogério Hoefler - Conselho Federal de Farmácia, Brazil
Dr. Christiane Fischer - BUKO Pharma-Kampagne
Moderator: Teresa Alves – Health Action International – Europe, Amsterdam
10.45 am
Coffee break
Music: Bi-Cussion Fun Music
11.00 am
Introduction into the workshops
11.30-12.30 pm
Workshops
1. Which kind of research has a future? (English)
How could a globally fair model of research look like? Who will define the priorities for research? What
will be the roles of public and private research? Can research networks be a model for the future? Do
we need more medical drugs or improved health care systems or both? These are key questions for
the workshop.
With: Prof. Andy Gray - University of Durban, South Africa, Prof. Adriane Fugh-Berman Georgetown University, USA, Prof. Gerd Glaeske - ZES Center for social politics, Bremen
University, Uwe Kekeritz - MP
Moderator: Cora Koch – UAEM, Universities allied for essential medicines, Münster University
Rapporteur: Dr. Christian Wagner-Ahlfs - BUKO Pharma-Kampagne
2. Essential medicines for all (English)
Approximately 350 active substances are sufficient for treating 95% of all diseases which are treatable
with drugs. But even these essential medicines are not accessible in many countries, in particular
those drugs which are protected by patents and thus overpriced. Although patients have access to
essential medicines in the affluent north, increasingly expensive medicines endanger the financial
basis of the statutory health insurance. How could a future model of a globally fair supply of drugs look
like? These topics will be discussed in the workshop.
With: Roopa Devadasan - IPH, Dr. Rogério Hoefler - Conselho Federal de Farmácia, Brazil,
Jana Böhme – VDPP - Ass. Of democrativ pharmacists, Tido von Schön-Angerer - Médecines
sans frontiers), Wolfgang Kaesbach - GKV Spitzenverband National Association of Statutory
Health Insurance Funds, Niema Movassat – MP
Moderator: Dr. Christiane Fischer - BUKO Pharma-Kampagne
Rapporteur: Teresa Alves - Health Action International Europe, Amsterdam
3. Well informed or manipulated?
Good information is necessary for sound decisions on health interventions. This is true for doctors and
patients alike. In this workshop we will work on a scenario which protects both from manipulation and
encourages rational therapeutic decisions. In this context we deal with the following key questions:
What are the requirements for sound health information? Who is fit to deliver the necessary data?
Which political changes are necessary on the national and European level?
With: Erika Feyerabend – BIOSKOP, Forum for observing life sciences and their technologies,
Wolfgang Becker-Brüser - arznei-telegramm, independent German drug bulletin,
Prof.Wolf-Dieter Ludwig – AkdÄ, Drug Commission of the German Medical Association,
Astrid Berner-Rodereda - Brot für die Welt, Bread for the World, Andreas Wulf - medico
international, Arif Ünal - Member of the NRW-parliament
Moderator: Gregor Bornes (Spokesman Federal Community for Patients Advice and
Empowerment, Cologne)
Rapporteur: Hedwig Diekwisch / Claudia Jenkes - BUKO Pharma-Kampagne
4. Which kind of clinical trials are necessary for the people?
Our vision of the future is a pharmaceutical market which offers useful and safe drugs. To achieve this,
clinical trials are indispensible. However, some manufacturers of pharmaceuticals tend to hide
disadvantageous results of trials. And often, trials which could answer important questions are not
done. So which kind of comparisons would be necessary to allow a reliable judgment on the benefits
of a new drug for patients? And how can changes and more transparency be enforced? This workshop
is intended to seek for answers to all these questions.
With: Dr. Lili Grell - Head of the SEG 6 “Provision of medicinesof the medical services of the
statutory health insurance at the MDK WL”, Prof. Peter Schönhöfer, Dr. Thomas Kaiser IQWiG , German institute for quality and efficiency in health care, Kathrin Vogler - MP
Moderator: Jörg Schaaber - BUKO Pharma-Kampagne
Rapporteur: Udo Puteanus - LIGA NRW, Institute for health and work of the German federal
state of North-Rhine Westphalia
12.30-1.30 pm
Lunch
1.30-3.00 pm
Workshops cont.
3.00-3.30 pm
Coffee break
3.30-4.15 pm
Results of the workshops
4.15-5.00 pm
Responses from politics:
Uwe Kekeritz - MP (The Green Party)
Kathrin Vogler - MP (The Left)
Dr. Peter Liese -MEP (CDU)
Outlook
Dr. Christian Wagner-Ahlfs - BUKO Pharma-Kampagne
Public Event
Saturday, 17th Sept. 2011
6.00 pm
Welcome with music, buffet
7.15 pm
Short profile of 30 years of Pharma-Kampagne
7.45 pm
“Why do we need Pharma-Kampagne?”
Talk with leading figures from the past and the present of the Pharma-Kampagne:
Presented by: Herbert Stelz (Hessischer Rundfunk)
8.30 pm
Cabaret: Die Steptokokken
10.00 pm
Music: Harald Kießlich