Purpose of Applied Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research Forums
The number of individuals in the Southern California region with interest in pharmacoeconomics (PE) is growing rapidly across the healthcare system – from those involved with creation of PE data within pharmaceutical and biotech companies to those incorporating results into decision making within a plethora of managed care organizations. The region provides an excellent opportunity to gather individuals to debate issues, and propose solutions that are vetted from multiple perspectives – not just individual silos defined by employer. The Applied Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research Forum was created to facilitate this cross perspective communication. The goals of the forum are to:
- Discuss commonly encountered obstacles to conducting or utilizing results of applied pharmacoeconomic studies and explore solutions from various perspectives of the health care system.
- Create an environment and foundation to foster the creation of a Southern California Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research Interest Group
Highlights from Summer 2026 Forum
- Welcome – Jan Hirsch, UC Irvine
- Speaker 1 – Lisa Kennedy, Innopiphany (Introduction to Topic and Payer Perspective)
- Speaker 2 – Jonathan Watanabe, UC San Francisco (Population use trends and long-term outcomes in real-world data)
- Speaker 3 – Ben Gutierrez, Novo Nordisk (Pharmaceutical/Biotech Perspective)
- Speaker 4 – Michael Tran, Kaiser Permanente (Health System Perspective)