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The speakers at this conference will include an outstanding array of international health policy experts who will publicly share their cutting edge research on the future of European healthcare. CNE has put together a range of leading panelists from the worlds of politics, academia and journalism. And we will be delighted to have your as our guests at this event. Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. |
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Prior to joining CRG, Robert worked for some of the most recognized names in American business: Jay Chiat, Barry Diller, Steen Reinemund, Calvin Klein and Hugh Hefner. He also has extensive experience in the business of politics, wherein he pioneered fund raising techniques for Ambassador Howard Baker, Senators Richard Lugar and Lamar Alexander and former Ambassador Bill Brock. Ben Irvine joined the International Policy Network (IPN) as Director of Health Projects in July 2004. Irvine is responsible for IPN’s work on pharmaceutical policy, including intellectual property protection and access to essential medicines. Irvine also manages the recently launched Campaign for Fighting Disease which is coordinated by IPN. Current topics of interest are pharmaceutical patent protection, the treatment of neglected diseases and the imposition of tariffs and VAT on medicines imported by developing countries. Before joining IPN, Ben Irvine spent four years as Project Manager and latterly Director of the Health Studies Unit at the free market London-based think tank Civitas: The Institute for the Study of Civil Society. While at Civitas, Irvine wrote and edited several books, pamphlets and papers and peer reviewed articles on European healthcare system policy and reform. He also studied and published on European pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement mechanisms and parallel trade. After degrees in Music (University of Glasgow and RSAMD) and a Graduate Diploma in Law (York), he graduated with a Master’s Degree (EMPA) in European Law and Comparative Public Policy and Administration from the University of Leuven, in Belgium Additional speakers to be announced soon.
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Robert
Perkins is president of Consensus Research Group (CRG), a New York
based consulting and marketing research firm. With offices in New York
and Düsseldorf, CRG interviews business professionals, medical professionals
and the general public for firms like Purdue Pharma, the United States
Chamber of Commerce, Standard & Poor's, Warnaco, Pfizer, Dolce &
Gabbanna, and 24/7 Real Media.