Access to Medications and Global Public Health

Posted by on April 30, 2004

“Access to Medications and Global Public Health”

A Panel Discussion featuring:
-Rachel Cohen, Executive Director, Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, Doctors Without Borders
-Tom Bombelles, Merck & Co., Inc.
-Representatives from ACT-UP Philadelphia

When: Monday, May 3, 5-7pm
Where: Reunion Hall, John Morgan Building, UPenn School of Medicine
Dinner Provided! — PLEASE RSVP TO penngh@mail.med.upenn.edu

Please see below for more info on our speakers. The panel discussion will include short presentations by each panelist followed by structured and open Q&A. Please send any questions you would like to see addressed by the panelists to penngh@mail.med.upenn.edu.

Directions to Reunion Hall:
Go to the Johnson Pavilion by the Biomedical Library enterance (36th and Hamilton Walk, one block south of Spruce St.). Enter Johnson Pavilion through the glass doors and enter the double doors to the right for the John Morgan Building. Take first left and Reunion Hall will be the auditorium on the left.

Information on Panelists and their organizations:

1) Rachel Cohen- http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org, http://www.accessmed-msf.org

2) Thomas Bombelles is Director, International Government Relations, for Merck & Co., Inc. His responsibilities include definition and advocacy on important international business and policy issues for the company focusing on government agencies and other institutions in Washington, DC. Prior to joining Merck, Mr. Bombelles was the Assistant Vice President International at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the professional association representing the American research-based pharmaceutical industry globally. He has also worked as a private sector consultant, as a trade analyst in the Department of Commerce, and in the US Congress. He received an M.A. degree from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and a B.A. degree from the honors program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

3) ACT-UP Philadelphia – http://www.critpath.org/actup