Bulletin No. 2, 2009

56   Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2009 Intellectual Cross-currents First Pharmacoeconomics Forum in Greater China T he School of Pharmacy hosted the first Forum of Asia Huaxia Pharmacoeconomics and Health Technology Assessment on 3 and 4 April 2009. Prof. Hu Shanlian (2nd right), director of Health Economics Centre, Fudan University; Prof. Kenneth K.C. Lee (1st left), associate director of the School of Pharmacy; Prof. Lan Chung-fu (2nd left), director of the Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang- Ming University, Taiwan; Dr. Tony Tarn, director of the Division of Health Technology Assessment, Center for Drug Evaluation, Taiwan; Prof. Li Shu-chuen (1st right), University of Newcastle, Australia; Mr. Song Ruilin, former division director of the Department of Education, Science, Culture and Health Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, and experts from China and Taiwan presented on pharmacoeconomics and health technology assessment. Delegates proposed to initiate studies on the cost-effectiveness of drugs and impact analysis of the government’s drug purchasing budget. A consensus was also reached on setting up a drug pricing mechanism.