The [Health] Policy Lab strives to drive significant change on behalf of young adults living with chronic and rare diseases in the areas of patent reform, pharmaceutical direct-to-consumer advertising on social media, and clinical trial diversity. We have also hosted several forums on topics surrounding drug pricing and health economics. Please see below for information about our recent work in these areas as well as information and recordings from our past forums.
Patent letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee and Leader Schumer’s Office
Patient-Centered Patents Roundtable (invite-only event for patient advocacy groups)
This forum was one of our three-part series on health economics! This forum is led by Dr. Benjamin N. Rome, a general internist and health policy researcher at Harvard Medical School. This series focuses on the intersections of health economics and the impact of policy decisions on prescription drug pricing. This series is made possible with support from the Kazanjian Economics Foundation.
This forum was one of our three-part series on health economics! This forum is led by Yvette Venable from the Institute of Clinical and Economic Review (ICER). This series focuses on the intersections of health economics and the impact of policy decisions on prescription drug pricing. This series is made possible with support from the Kazanjian Economics Foundation.
This forum was one of our three-part series on health economics! This forum is led by Dr. Hussain Lalani from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School. This series focuses on the intersections of health economics and the impact of policy decisions on prescription drug pricing. This series is made possible with support from the Kazanjian Economics Foundation.
We apologize, but the recording for this forum is unavailable.
For additional information, check out our event flyer here.
This forum was presented by our team member Julia Bartow and guest speakers Andrew York, executive director of the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board, and Hemi Tewarson, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy.
For additional information, check out our event flyer here.
This forum on the history of the pharmaceutical industry was presented by our team member Pranav Pinapala and guest speaker Gerald Posner, investigative journalist and author of PHARMA.
For additional information, check out our event flyer here. This forum was presented by our team member Rose Keller and guest speaker Audrey Baker, communications director at Patients for Affordable Drugs.
We apologize, but the recording for this forum is unavailable.