Cost of Caution: The Impact on Patients of Delayed Drug Approvals
Center for Medical Progress Forum and Project FDA Report Release
Introduction: Paul Howard, Ph.D., Director, Center for Medical Progress, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Panelists: Tomas Philipson, Ph.D., University of Chicago; Eric Sun, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University; Randall Lutter, Visiting Fellow, Resources for the Future
June 14, 2010 | Washington, D.C.

Medical Innovation: Turning Molecules Into Miracles
Center for Medical Progress Forum
Presenter: Paul Howard, Ph.D., Director, Center for Medical Progress, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Panelists: Tomas Philipson, University of Chicago; Arthur Daemmrich, Harvard Business School; Dr. Daniel P. Petrylak, Columbia University Medical Center; Alex Azar, Eli Lilly & Co.
Speaker: Peter Huber, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
February 17, 2010 | New York City

Is a European Model the Right Prescription for American Health Care
Center for Medical Progress Forum
Speaker: Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D., Founder and Chairman, Committee to Reduce Infections Deaths, and former Lieutenant Governor, New York State
June 24, 2009 | New York City

Forging A New Plan for Health-Care Reform
Captiol Hill Briefing
Presenter: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Former Director of the Congressional Budget Office
Panelists: United States Senatosr Richard Burr, State of North Carolina; United States Senator Tom Coburn, State of Oklahoma
June 11, 2009 | Washington DC

A Plan for Health-Care Reform
Manhattan Institute Forum
Speaker: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Former Director of Domestic and Economic Policy, 2008 John McCain Presidential Campaign
Introductory Remarks: Paul Howard, Director, Center for Medical Progress
April 7, 2009 | New York City

From the Broad Brush to the Fine Point: How to Enable Personalized Medicine
Center for Medical Progress Forum
Speaker: Sidney Taurel, Chairman and Former CEO, Eli Lilly and Company
December 12, 2008 | New York City

America/s Health Care at Risk: Finding a Cure
September 17th and 18th, 2008 | Orlando, Florida

The FDA and PDFUA: Timely Review or Unsafe Approval?
Center for Medical Progress Forum
Speakers: Tomas Philipson, University of Chicago, Theresa Mullin, Food and Drug Administration
Moderator: Paul Howard, Manhattan Institute's Center for Medical Progress
June 23, 2008 | New York City

Bridging the Gap: Affordable Health Care for New York's Uninsured
Center for Medical Progress Forum
Panel One: Revitalizing Individual Insurance Markets in New York
David Hyman, Richard and Marie Corman Professor of Law, Professor of Medicine, University of Illinois; Gary Lauer, President and Chief Executive Officer, eHealthInsurance; Sara Horowitz, Founder and Executive Director, Working Today; Sherry Glied, Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Moderator: Tarren Bragdon, Adjunct Fellow, Center for Medical Progress
Panel Two: Innovative Services in Health Care Markets
Web Golinkin, President, Convenient Care Association; Chief Executive Officer, RediClinic; Kevin Kelleher, Co-Founder, Executive Healthcare Services; Jim Frogue, Project Director, Center for Health Transformation; Jim Ward, President, Patient Advocates
Moderator: Paul Howard, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Medical Progress
Keynote Address: Regina E. Herzlinger, Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Administration, Harvard Business School; Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research; Author, Who Killed Health Care? (McGraw-Hill, 2007) April 29, 2008 | New York City

New York's Uninsured: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Center for Medical Progress Forum
Panel One: New York's Uninsured: A History of Good Intentions and Unintended Consequences
James R. Tallon, Jr., President, United Hospital Fund of New York; Mark Scherzer, Legislative Counsel, New Yorkers for Accessible Health Coverage; Tarren Bragdon, Health Policy Analyst, Empire Center for New York State Policy
Moderator: Howard Husock, Vice President, Policy Research, Manhattan Institute
Panel Two: Public Sector Experiments: Mandates, Medicaid, and Markets
Edmund F. Haislmaier, Senior Research Fellow in Health Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation; Jon Kingsdale, Ph.D., Executive Director, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority; Len Nichols, Ph.D., Director, Health Policy Program, New America Foundation; David Gratzer, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute's Center for Medical Progress
Moderator: Paul Howard, Acting Director, Manhattan Institute's Center for Medical Progress
Keynote Address: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for Economics; Policy Director, John McCain Presidential Campaign
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December 11, 2007 | New York City

Reforming Our Health Care System
Manhattan Institute Symposium
Speakers: Richard A. Epstein, J.D. Visiting Scholar, Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago Peter and Kirstin Bedford Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution and Theodore R. Marmor, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Management, Yale School of Management Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Yale Law School
November 1, 2007 | New York City

Comparing Public and Private Health Insurance: Would a Single-Payer System Save Enough to Cover the Uninsured?
Center For Medical Progress Forum
Speaker: Benjamin Zycher, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Discussant: June O'Neill, Wollman Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance, Baruch College, Director, Congressional Budget Office (1995-1999)
Moderator: Howard Husock, Vice President of Programs, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
October 17, 2007 | Albany

Who Killed Health Care? America's $2 Trillion Problem—and the Consumer-Driven Cure
Manhattan Institute Forum
Author: Regina E. Herzlinger, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
June 5, 2007 | New York City

"Health Care: Does the Free Market Apply?"
Manhattan Institute Symposium
Participants: Dr. David Gratzer, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute Center for Medical Progress, and Daniel Callahan, senior fellow at the Hastings Center
Moderator: Brian Lehrer, Host of WNYC's "The Brian Lehrer Show"
February 15, 2007 | New York City

The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to Today's Growing Vaccine Crisis (Yale University Press, 2005)
Center For Medical Progress Forum
Author: Paul A. Offit, M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
January 26, 2006 | New York City

Report Presentation: Medical Progress Report #2 Older Drugs, Shorter Lives? by Frank R. Lichtenberg, Ph.D.
Center For Medical Progress Washington, DC Briefing
Discussant: Ed Haislmaier, Research Fellow, Center for Health Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation
Moderator: Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
October 28, 2005 | Washington, DC

Center For Medical Progress Conference
Speakers: David Gratzer, Milton Friedman, Michael Bond, Christopher Conover, John Goodman, Scott Gottlieb, Thomas Saving
June 22, 2005 | New York City

Eliminating Cancer by 2015
Center For Medical Progress Forum
Speaker: Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D., Director, National Cancer Institute
June 21, 2005 | New York City

Should Government Fix Drug Prices?
Center For Medical Progress & Heritage Foundation Forum
Participants: John A. Vernon, Ph.D., Kevin Outterson, LL.M., J.D., Edmund F. Haislmaier
Hosted by: Robert M. Goldberg, Ph.D.
April 21, 2005 | Washington, DC

The Compelling Case for Reducing Hospital Infections
Center For Medical Progress Forum
Speaker: Betsy McCaughey, Founder, Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths
March 31, 2005 | New York, NY

America's War on "Carcinogens," Reassessing the Use of Animal Tests to Predict Human Cancer Risk (American Council on Science and Health, January 2005)
Center For Medical Progress Breakfast Forum
Speaker: Elizabeth Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H., M.S., President & Founder, American Council on Science and Health
March 16, 2005 | New York City

The Search for Safe Drugs: How Personalized Medicine Can Build a 21st Century FDA
Center For Medical Progress Breakfast Forum
Panelists: Robert Goldberg, Ph..D.; Robert McBurney, Ph.D.; Gualberto Ruano, M.D., Ph.D.; Michael Weber, M.D.
Intro.: Hon. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), House Energy & Commerce Committee
March 10, 2005 | Washington, DC

Updating and Personalizing Medicare
Center for Medical Progress Forum
Speaker(s): Mark McClellan
February 14, 2005 | New York, New York

Miracle Care: How to Solve America’s Health Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn’t the Answer
Center for Medical Progress Breakfast Forum
Speaker(s): Sally C. Pipes
November 18, 2004 | New York, New York

Moving Forward on the Critical Path
Center for Medical Progress Conference
Speaker(s): David Bleich, Gail Cassell, Robert Peter Gale, Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Susan Horn, Ph.D., Joshua Lederberg, Steve Martin, Theresa Mullin, Nancy Myers, Ellis Rubinstein, David Shlaes, John Swen, Michael Weber, M.D., Janet Woodcock, Brian Zambrowicz
July 27, 2004 | New York, New York

The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003; How America Can Invest in a Healthier Future
Center for Medical Progress Forum
Speaker(s): Mark McClellan
June 24, 2004 | New York, New York

The Campaign to Fight AIDS: Ensuring Access to the Best Medicines
Center for Medical Progress Forum
TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE
Speaker(s): Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Jerry Norris, Dr. Robert Orina Nyarango, Dr. S.L. Ramotlhwa, Dr. Amir Attaran, Karen Bush, Ph.d., Dr. Emilio Emini, Frank R. Lichtenberg, Dr. Mark Dybul
June 10, 2004 | New York, New York

Managing the Cost of Drugs in Medicine: Is Restricted Access the Answer?
Center for Medical Progress Forum
TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE
Speaker(s): Michael Weber, M.D.
March 18, 2004 | New York, New York

Better Health, Longer Lives: The Case for Paying for New Drugs
Center for Medical Progress Forum
TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE
Speaker(s): Frank R. Lichtenberg
December 9, 2003 | New York, New York

Drug Prices and the Rising Cost of Health Care
Center for Medical Progress Speaker Series
TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE
Speaker(s): J. D. Kleinke
October 21, 2003 | New York, New York

Saving Medicare for the 21st Century
Center for Medical Progress Luncheon Symposium
TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE
Speaker(s): Tommy G. Thompson
June 10, 2003 | New York, New York

The FDA and the Future of Medical Innovation
Center for Medical Progress Luncheon Symposium
Speaker(s): Mark McClellan
May 16, 2003 | New York, New York

Are We Doing Enough to Prevent Bioterrorism?
Center for Medical Progress Forum
Speaker(s): Ken Alibek, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D.
May 7, 2003 | New York, New York

The NHLBI/ALLHAT Blood Pressure Drug Study: Science or Politics
Center for Medical Progress Forum
TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE
Speaker(s): Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Mark Houston, M.D., Ralph Hawkins M.D., Franz Messerli, M.D., Michael Weber, M.D.
March 19, 2003 | Washington, D.C.

The Right Prescription For Medicare Drug Coverage
Center for Medical Progress Conference
TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE
Speaker(s): Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Susan Horn, Ph.D., John R. Graham, Ralph Hawkins M.D., Joseph R. Antos, Ph.D., Grace-Marie Turner, Ron Pollack
February 3, 2003 | Washington, D.C.

Health for Humanity: How Patent Protection Saves Lives
Center for Medical Progress Conference
TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE
Speaker(s): Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Julian Morris, Frank R. Lichtenberg, Roger Bate, Dr. Amir Attaran, James Love
December 9, 2002 | Washington, D.C.

Solving the Vaccine Shortage: Market Solutions or Government Intervention?
Center for Medical Progress Conference
Speaker(s): Duane Parde, Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Wayne Pisano, Jerome Klein, M.D., Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
July 31, 2002 | Washington, D.C.

Medical Progress and the FDA: Our Future in the Balance
Center for Medical Progress Forum
Speaker(s): Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Alan Slobodin, Joseph Calfee, Ph.D., Joseph DiMasi, Ph.D.
June 3, 2002 | Washington, D.C.

Medical Progress; Markets and the New Meaning of Health Care
Center for Medical Progress Breakfast Forum
Speaker(s): Johan Hjertqvist
April 18, 2002 | New York, New York

Winning the War Against Bioterrorism: The Role of Private Companies
Manhattan Institute Panel Discussion
Speaker(s): Robert Goldberg, Ph.D., Peter Hotez, M.D, Ph.D., Michael Moodie, Robert Erwin, Ph.D., Lance Gordon, Ph.D.
December 6, 2001 | New York, New York

Patents for Antiretroviral Drugs: Help or Hinder the Search for a Solution to AIDS Treatment in Africa
Center for Medical Progress Presentation
Speaker(s): Dr. Amir Attaran, Frank R. Lichtenberg
December 4, 2001 | New York, New York

The Center for Medical Progress at the Manhattan Institute hosts regular forums in New York City and Washington D.C. on issues of concern to medical progress. Our forums are open to journalists, policy makers, scholars and people interested in healthcare policy. Listed are past events. If you are interested in attending a future forum, please contact Jonathon M. Seidl 646-839-3313.