5 November 2009
MEDIA ALERT
Australian Self Medication Industry National Conference
‘Self Care: How Much Is Your Responsibility?
When: Thursday 12 November 2009
Where: Australian Technology Park, Redfern, Sydney - Bay 4
Time: Commencing 11.00 am
Speakers include:
Nicola Roxon, Minister for Health and Ageing (12.00 noon)
Craig Emerson, Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation (2.30 pm)
Mark Butler, Parliamentary Secretary for Health (7.00 pm)
Representing the non-prescription medicines sector, the ASMI conference will hear the
latest on government plans for health reform together with debate about regulation of
medicines including complementary medicines, the adoption of consumer self care, and
recent initiatives in the UK to slash red tape and the down-scheduling of prescription
medicines to over-the-counter status.
The conference will hear from a range of local and international speakers from government,
industry, pharmacy, academia, the TGA and healthcare professionals. Other speakers and
panelists include:
Prof Stephen Leeder, Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy
Dr Ken Harvey, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health, La
Trobe University
Cavan Redmond, President, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare and Animal
Health Businesses
Prof Alan Bensoussan, Executive Director, National Institute of Complementary
Medicine
Chris Horsey, Head of Better Regulation, UK Department of Health,
Dr Tony Hobbs, Chair, National Primary Health Care Strategy
Michael Smith, Head of the Office of Complementary Medicines, TGA
Carol Bennett, Executive Director, Consumers’ Health Forum of Australia
Dr Norman Swan, ABC Radio National, The Health Report
Media contact: Bob Bowden, Foresight Communications (02) 9241 2811, 0412 753 298
bbowden@bowmac.com.au
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