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SUMMARY:HE@Cam Seminar: Will Dunlop - Benefits\, Challenges and Potential 
 Strategies of Open Source Health Economic Models - Will Dunlop - Mundiphar
 ma International Limited
DTSTART:20171129T153000Z
DTEND:20171129T163000Z
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CONTACT:David Wastlund
DESCRIPTION:A common criticism of the pharmaceutical industry is that it f
 ails to achieve transparency\, and although payers widely use the industry
 ’s health economic models to determine whether patients are able to rece
 ive access to new medicines\, the models themselves are often shrouded in 
 secrecy. \n\nA recent survey found that making health economic models avai
 lable in an open format was considered beneficial by 97% of those health e
 conomic stakeholders surveyed [1]. While there have been welcomed efforts 
 to improve the transparency of health economic models\, such as the ISPOR-
 SMDM guidelines\, individual models developed in the same therapeutic area
  may differ significantly from one another and the sharing of the model co
 de is arguably an almost nonexistence practice.  \n\nThis seminar will exp
 lore the tantalizing question as to whether the pharmaceutical industry co
 uld help improve transparency and benefit patients through providing open 
 access to their health economic models. The claim is that a lack of transp
 arency can lead to inconsistent methodology and inefficiencies which could
  in turn lead to misalignment between pharmaceutical companies’ developm
 ent programs and healthcare systems’ needs. Dunlop will explore the cult
 ure of not sharing health economic models\, present published open source 
 health economic model case studies and present findings from a survey outl
 ining the desire from the community for greater transparency.\n\nEveryone 
 is welcome\, no sign-up required. More information can be found "here":htt
 p://www.publichealth.cam.ac.uk/29-november-2017-will-dunlop-benefits-chall
 enges-potential-strategies-open-source-health-economic-models/\n\n[1] Repo
 rt: Benefits\, challenges and potential strategies of open source healthca
 re models -  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5209409/ \n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 18\, School of Clinical Medicine\, CB2 0SP
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