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Agenda

Access to antibiotics in the Nordic region, final version

Monday 25 November 2024

 

10.00

Introduction

Katarina Lönnquist

Moderator
Swedish Medical Products Agency

10:10

Welcome

Petra Noreback
Secretary of State
Ministry of Social Affairs
Joakim Brandberg
Acting Director General,
Swedish Medical Products Agency
Jenny Pentler,
Senior Advisor,
Nordic Council of Ministers.

MENTIMETER

10.30

Outcome from the high-level meeting on AMR in UNGA 2024 

Malin Grape

Ambassador on Antimicrobial resistence

Sweden

10.45

Ensuring global access to effective antibiotics

Global access to antibiotics to counteract development of AMR

Otto Cars

Professor emeritus

Uppsala University

11.00

One Health

An integrated, unifying approach to balance and optimize the health of people, animals and environment

Susanna Sternberg Lewerin

Professor

Swedish University of Agricultural Science

11.15

Nordic AMR initiatives

Initiatives in the Nordic region within human, veterinary and environmental sector

Marmar Nekoro

Assessor

Swedish Medical Products Agency

11.30

Survey of the antibiotic market in the Nordic region

An overview of all formulations, strengths, and packages of registered antibiotics for human use in the Nordic region

Anders Ternhag

Clinical Assessor

Public Health Agency of Sweden

11.45

Supply chain transparency

Supply chain transparency and improved information sharing about supply and needs are factors that could improve access to antibiotics for both human and animals

Enrico Baraldi

Professor

Uppsala University, PLATINEA

12.00

LUNCH

 

13.00

Digital Minerva-system

To keep track of the availability of critical medicinec, including antibiotics, across Denmark

Lars Dmowski Rugholm

Senior advisor

Danish Medicines Agency

13.15

Mapping of production capacity

Mapping of production capacity - a Swedish Government Assignment

Ulrika Espefält Westin

Project Manager

Swedish Medical Products Agency

13.30

Withdraw or keep antibiotics on the Nordic market?

Reasons behind strategic decisions from the industry whether to keep or withdraw antibiotics from the Nordic market

Adam Estrup

Chief Executive Officer,

ViNordic - Veterinay Industry Nordic

13.45

Shortages - industry perspective

Presentation from the industry perspective of shortages and access of antibiotics

Bengt Mattson

Policy manager

LIF- Trade association for the research based pharmaceutical industry

 

MENTIMETER

 

14.05

Nordic procurement initiative with environment incentives for the industry

Ongoing Nordic procurement initiative with environmental incentives for antibiotics

Gudrun Gudnadottir

Expert procurement

Sykehusinnkjøp HF

14.20

Reimbursement model

Outcome of reimbursement model and ongoing initiative to implement a model in the Nordic region to ensure future access to antibiotics

Jenny Hellman

Head of Unit

Public Health Agency of Sweden

14.35

Access to antibiotics

Challenges from a manufacturer’s perspective

Kenneth Nyblom

CEO

FGL - The Association for Generic Pharmaceuticals and Biosimilars in Sweden

14.50

PHOTO

 

15.00

COFFEE

 

15.30

Managing AMR in the environment while maintaining access to antibiotics

Examples related to antibiotic pollution from both manufacturing and use

Joakim Larsson

Professor

Gothenburg University, Director of Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research, CARe

15.45

Environmental premium within the Swedish pharmaceutical benefits system

Ongoing government assignment to incentivise environmental responsibility in production of pharmaceuticals

Krister Halldin

Environmental and sustainability assessor

Swedish Medical Products Agency

16.00

Treatment recommendations - Healthcare perspective

Impact of updated treatment recommendations from a healthcare perspective as well as an overview of the ongoing initiatives and collaboration

Thomas Tängdén,

President

STRAMA - National working model to address antibiotic resistance in health care

16.15

Nordic common packaging

Possibility to register Nordic packaging to reduced regulatory administration. Relevant for both human and veterinary antibiotics

Cecilia Ulleryd

Head of unit

Swedish Medical Products Agency

16.30

MRP - Fast track for antibiotics?

Possibility to use Zero-day Mutual Recognition Procedure (MRP) when registrating antibiotics in the Nordic region

Helena Malm

Regulatory assessor

Swedish Medical Products Agency

16.45

Closure

 

17.30

Busses leave for museum and dinner

 


      

Access to antibiotics in the Nordic region

Tuesday 26 November 2024

 

 

09.00

Workshops

1-8

10.00

COFFE

 

10.30

Workshops

1-8

11.30

JAMRAI-2

Ongoing European project with the objective to increase access to antibiotics for humans and animals

Christine Årdal

Senior Researcher

Norwegian Institute of Public Health

11.45

Access to antibiotics in Iceland

Olöf Thorhallsdottir

Head of section

Icelandic Medicines Agency

12.00

LUNCH

 

13.00

Challenges with clinical trials when developing new antibiotics

Gunilla Andrew Nielsen

Head of Unit 

Swedish Medical Products Agency

13.15

Funding research and development

Comparative study on pull incentives for antibiotics R&D

Carl Björvang

Assessor

Swedish Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency

13.30

Antibiotics in pipeline

Anders Karlén

Professor

Uppsala University

 

MENTIMETER

 

13.50

AMR in legislations

Legislation from different sectors counteract AMR

Åsa Kumlin Howell

Head of International Affairs

Swedish Medical Products Agency

14.05

Rapid diagnostics

for optimized use of antibiotics and preservation of future efficacy

 

Petter Knagge

Director Research

Sysmex Astrego

14.20

Vaccines and bacterial infections in animals

Johanna Lindahl

Head of section

Swedish Veterinary Agency

14.35

Treatment recommendations - Veterinary perspective

Importance of updated treatment recommendations for veterinaries and the consequence of shortages

Katariina Kivilahti-Mäntylä

Veterinary officer

Finnish Medicines Agency

14.50

COFFEE

 

15.15

Think Tank

Reflections from this conference to the future Nordic

collaboration against AMR

 

Moderator: Thomas Ekelund

Swedish Medical Products Agency

Lina Pastorek

Swedish Ministry of Social Affairs

Sweden

Christine Årdal

Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Norway

Adam Estrup

ViNordic

Denmark

Ólöf Þórhallsdóttir

 

Icelandic Medicines Agency

Iceland

Tita-Maria Muhonen

FinnishMedicines Agency

Finland

 

MENTIMETER

 

15.45 Summary

My Moberg

Director

Swedish Medical Products Agency

15.55

Closure

Katarina Lönnquist

Moderator

Swedish Medical Products Agency