First Annual Conference Innovations and Good Practices in the Health Sector

Program

Draft agenda

8:30 – 9:00 Registration and coffee

9:00 – 9:10 Official opening

Dr. Miroslav Nenkov, Minister of Health

Tony Thompson, Country Manager, The World Bank

Ognyan Donev, PhD, Chairman of Confederation of the Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (CEIBG)

Dr. Tsvetan Raichinov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Medical Association

Prof. Ilko Getov, Chairman of Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union

9:10 – 10:00 First panel

Presentation of the platforms in the healthcare sector of the major political parties in response the the European Commission and Council reccomendations in the frame of the economic coordination in the EU and the European semester, and the growth survey The discussion will focus on the health insurance model, financing, emergency medical care, effectiveness of the healthcare system – organizational and structural reforms, drug policy and patients rights

Moderator: Stanimir Hasardziev, MD, National Patients’ Organization of Bulgaria (NPO), Chairman

Desislava Atanasova, GERB Dr. Emil Raynov, Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP)

Dr. Petar Moskov, Reformation Block (RB)

Dr. Nigyar Dzhafer, (DPS) - invited

Discussion

10:00 – 11:30 Second panel

Drug supply and policies

Moderator:Prof. Genka Petrova, President ot the Bulgarian Representation of the International Society For Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Vice Rector in charge of science activites at Medical University, Sofia, Head of department Organization and Economics of Pharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmacy

What challanges does the National Health Insurance Fund face in managing financial resources

Dr. Rumyana Todorova, Director, NHIF

HTA Policy – the Romanian example

Ioana Bianchi, Market Access Manager,Novartis Romania

Health technology assessment in the Balkans: recommendations for a balanced drug assessment system

Prof. David Danko, Managing Partner of Ideas & Solutions

Innovation in Practice

Dr. Kiril Nikoltchev, General Manager, AbbVie Bulgaria

Control policies for socially significant diseases - National Diabetes Program and Register Prof. Sаbina Zaharieva, MD, national consultant in endocrinology

11:30 – 12:00 – Coffee break

12:00 – 13:30 Third panel

Production and use of medicines

Moderator: Julian Uzunov, Director, Top Management Advisors

Drug policy in practice – Bulgarian Drug Agency perspective

Assoc. Prof. Assena Stoimenova, MScPharm, Executive Director of BDA

Restructuring and perspectives ahead of the Bulgarian pharmaceutical industry. The experience of the biggest Bulgarian pharmaceutical company – Sopharma

Ognyan Donev, PhD, Member of the Board of Directors and CEO of Sopharma

The state’s commitments for the execution of the immunization calendar of the country – a barrier to epidemics in Europe Vassilis Gerоgiannis, GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Vaccines Market Leader, South & Eastern Europe, Canada

How innovative drugs can change the life of patients

Prof. Dr. Georgi Mihaylov, national consultant in clinical hematology

Drug interactions and the necessity of introducing a specialized software

Prof. Georgi Mоmekov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Scientific Pharmaceutical Association

Health - an investment or expense?

Dr. Krassimira Chemishanska, General Manager, Amgen Bulgaria, Member of the Board and Chairman, AmCham Health Committee

Access to innovations in the EU

Deyan Denev, Director, ArPharM

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 Fourth panel

Administration of the public financial resources. Health reform and Health Insurance Models – achievements and mistakes in Europe

Moderator:

Prof. Assen Goudev, MD, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the University Hospital

Tsaritsa Yoanna (ISUL), Head the Clinic of Cardiology, University HospitalTsaritsa Yoanna (ISUL) of Bulgarian Medical Association, elected Chairman of the Union of Bulgarian Medical Specialists

A policy agenda for health reform: ingredients, not recipes (Lessons form ECA)

Agnès Couffinhal, Senior economist at the World Bank

Health insurance models

Dr. Dimitar Petrov, expert, Bulgarian Medical Association

The hospital sector and management models in the medical facilities: good practices and successful stories. Discussion with managers in the health sector

General Prof. Dr. Stoyan Tonev, Deputy Mayor for Sofia Municipal Health

Professor. Dr. Gentcho Natchev, CEO of St. Ekaterina University Hospital

Dr. Yavor Drenski, CEO of Tokuda Hospital Sofia, Chairman of the National Association of Private Hospitals

Dr. Radko Velkov, organizational secretary of the Association of municipal hospitals in Bulgaria