CURE Annual Meeting — April 27, 2010 at 4 pm

Keynote Address by Uwe Reinhardt, Ph.D.
"Health Care Reform and Its Impact on Biopharma Innovation"

The Presidents Room, Woolsey Hall
Yale University, New Haven, CT

Noted health care economist Professor Uwe Reinhardt will speak at the CURE Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, beginning at 4 pm, in the Presidents Room at Woolsey Hall, Yale University. Dr. Reinhardt is the James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Economics at Princeton University. 

A frequent guest of the PBS News Hour, CNN, National Public Radio and other media outlets, Professor Reinhardt and has written extensively on healthcare economics and reform for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications. Dr. Reinhardt’s keynote address at the CURE meeting will focus on the impact of various health care reform scenarios on biopharma innovation.

Given Dr. Reinhardt’s health care expertise and the timeliness of the subject of his address, CURE expects much press and public interest. Please RSVP by April 18 via e-mail to Therese Wallace (twallace@curenet.org). In the event we are over subscribed, tickets will be distributed by lottery. You will be informed on April 19 whether you have secured a seat. 

Following Professor Reinhardt’s remarks, CURE will present the CURE Award for Excellence and the CURE Atlas Award for Venture Capital Achievement to this year's winners, selected from among Connecticut organizations and individuals. 

Professor Reinhardt’s presentation has been made possible by support from PhRMA, Pfizer, Yale University, and We Work for Health CT.

Dr. Reinhardt is recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on health care economics, Dr. Uwe E. Reinhardt is the James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs at Princeton University.

His most recent research has focused on hospital pricing, systems of health care around the world, Medicare reform, and health care spending. His work has appeared in Health Affairs, the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and the British Medical Journal.

He received his Ph.D. degree from Yale University.

Links

Index of Reinhardt's column in the New York Times
● Comments on reimportation

Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal 1/20/2010: "A Good Start"

Interview with U.S. News & World Report 7/1/2009:  "Plain Talk on Health Reform"

Reinhardt's blog in Health Affairs

Interview for PBS Frontline program 10/9/02: "The Other Drug War"

Listen

National Public Radio, All Things Considered 1/26/2010: "Opposing Views on the Health Care Bill"

National Public Radio, Morning Edition 1/25/2010: "Health Changes: Incremental or Comprehensive?"

National Public Radio, Fresh Air 3/11/2009: "The HiddenCosts of Health Care"