Summary
ㅁ Title: The 2nd Meeting on Access to Medicines under Universal Health Coverage in the Asia Pacific Region

ㅁ Date: 17 – 18 September 2015

ㅁ Venue: Grand Hilton Hotel, Seoul, Korea

ㅁ Hosted by OECD KOREA Policy Centre (Health and Social Policy Programme), OECD, WHO WPRO, WHO Collaborating Centre (SNU)

ㅁ Participation: 41 persons

ㅇ Pharmaceutical policy experts from the Asia Pacific countries

ㅇ International Organizations: OECD, WHO WPRO, WHO SEARO, WHO Country Office

Programme Summary

ㅁ 17 September 2015 Opening and Welcome addresses
- Lee, Suk Kyu, Director General, OECD KOREA Policy Centre
- Klara Tisocki, Cordinator, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific
- Taejin Lee, Professor, WHO Collaborating Centre at Seoul National University
- Luca Lorenzoni, OECD

Pharmaceutical Policies and the Regional Network on Access to Medicines under Universal Health Coverage
1. Pharmaceutical policies for UHC – Global Perspective
- Presentation by Suzanne Hill (WHO)
2. Latest trends in pharmaceutical pricing policies and gaps in evidence
- Presentation by Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar (New Zealand)
3. Medicines access issues in the Asia Pacific and the vision of the regional network
- Presentation by Klara Tisocki (WHO WPRO)

Understanding Country Pharmaceutical Systems
1. Summary of Brief Country Profiles
- Presentation by Uhjin Kim (WHO WPRO)
2. Poster Walk on Brief Country Profiles

Adopting PPRI survey for the regional network – purpose and methodology
1. Presentation by Taejin Lee (WHOCC)
2. PPRI longer survey presentation
- Philippines (Francisco Soria)
- Korea (Youn Jung)
3. Collecting feedback on longer survey
- Presentation by Klara Tisocki (WHO WPRO)
4. Plenary

Access to High Cost Medicines
1. Strategies to expand access to viral hepatitis treatment in Mongolia
- Presentation by Tsetsgee Pureviav (Mongolia)
2. Access to new Hepatitis C treatment in Australia
- Presentation by Adrian Platona (Australia)
. Managing intellectual property for access to viral hepatitis medication
- Skype presentation by Peter Beyer (WHO)
4. Plenary (sharing country situations by network members)

ㅁ 18 September 2015
Pharmaceutical policies to address medicines access issues in the Asia Pacific Region
1. Access to medicines for the ageing population in Asia Pacific
- Presentation by Libby Roughead (Australia)
2. Country Situation Analysis in SEARO countries
- Presentation by Kathy Holloway (WHO SEARO)
3. A proposal for a framework to access the impact of changes in policies on pharmaceutical spending and coverage trends
- Presentation by Annalisa Belloni (OECD)

Pharmaceutical System Analysis, Gaps, and Opportunities
1. Group Work
2. Plenary

Access to Medicines under UHC Network – proposed activities
1. Summary of key questions/issues raised on pharmaceutical policies for the network
- Presentation by Klara Tisocki (WHO WPRO)
2. Group discussions (topics on collaboration and network activites)
3. Plenary

Access to Medicines under UHC Network – proposed governance
1. Meeting summary – Plenary chair
2. Comments by the meeting organizers
3. Closing remarks: Lee, Suk Kyu, Director General, OECD KOREA Policy Centre