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Science advice to governments: diverse systems, common challenges
This briefing paper formed the basis of discussions at the 'Science Advice to Governments' summit, which took place in Auckland, New Zealand from 28-29 August 2014, and was attended by science advisors and policymakers from 48 countries
PICES Press, Vol. 21, No. 1, Winter 2013
â˘2012 PICES Science: A Note from the Science Board Chairman (pp. 1-6)
âž2012 PICES Awards (pp. 7-9)
âžGLOBEC/PICES/ICES ECOFOR Workshop (pp. 10-15)
âžICES/PICES Symposium on âForage Fish Interactionsâ (pp. 16-18)
âžThe Yeosu Declaration, the Yeosu Declaration Forum and the Yeosu Project (pp. 19-23)
âž2013 PICES Calendar (p. 23)
âžWhy Do We Need Human Dimensions for the FUTURE Program? (pp. 24-25)
âžNew PICES MAFF-Sponsored Project on âMarine Ecosystem Health and Human Well-Beingâ (pp. 26-28)
âžThe Bering Sea: Current Status and Recent Trends (pp. 29-31)
âžContinuing Cool in the Northeast Pacific Ocean (pp. 32, 35)
âžThe State of the Western North Pacific in the First Half of 2012 (pp. 33-35)
âžNew Leadership in PICES (pp. 36-39
Towards a transparent, credible, evidence-based decision-making process of new drug listing on the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Drug Formulary: challenges and suggestions
The aim of this article is to describe the process, evaluation criteria, and possible outcomes of decision-making for new drugs listed in the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Drug Formulary in comparison to the health technology assessment (HTA) policy overseas. Details of decision-making processes including the new drug listing submission, Drug Advisory Committee (DAC) meeting, and procedures prior to and following the meeting, were extracted from the official Hong Kong Hospital Authority drug formulary management website and manual. Publicly-available information related to the new drug decision-making process for five HTA agencies [the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), the Australia Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC), the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), and the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Management Agency (PHARMAC)] were reviewed and retrieved from official documents from public domains. The DAC is in charge of systemically and critically appraising new drugs before they are listed on the formulary, reviewing submitted applications, and making the decision to list the drug based on scientific evidence to which safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness are the primary considerations. When compared with other HTA agencies, transparency of the decision-making process of the DAC, the relevance of clinical and health economic evidence, and the lack of health economic and methodological input of submissions are the major challenges to the new-drug listing policy in Hong Kong. Despite these challenges, this review provides suggestions for the establishment of a more transparent, credible, and evidence-based decision-making process in the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Drug Formulary. Proposals for improvement in the listing of new drugs in the formulary should be a priority of healthcare reforms
Innovation and Technological Development of Industrial Regions Under Social and Economic Insecurity
The article is devoted to the identification of the characteristics and priorities of innovation and technological development in the industrial regions of the Russian Federation in the context of the ongoing global crisis. The authors come from the hypothesis that, in these circumstances, the strategy of innovative development of industrial regions, in order to ensure their sustainability and the creation of conditions for further growth, should be an integral part of their industrial policies and focus primarily on the modernization and improvement of technical and technological level of basic units. On the basis of the analysis of statistical data about the status of the innovation capacity in the Russian Federation, the authors have identified the root causes of the continuing backlog of advanced foreign countries by the level of innovative development (raw-material orientation of the Russian economy that enhances the technological dependence of the developed countries; insufficient financial support for innovation activities by the state; the orientation of innovation in imitation and borrowing). The necessity to take into account in the development and implementation of the socio-economic strategic regions of the Russian Federation and the close relationship between the industrial-technological and innovation component of social development is proved. In order to improve the effectiveness of regional development policies, the classification of Russian regions considering their industrial and technological specialization is proposed, the required elements and characteristics of effective innovation systems for each type of region are allocated. In the article, the proposals on measures of the state support for innovation development of industrial regions, with the aim of improving their sustainability and competitiveness in the face of geopolitical and economic uncertainty are determined. The article is addressed to professionals in the field of theory and practice in the management of innovative processes.The article has been prepared with the support of Russian Humanitarian Science Foundation, project 14â02â00331 Innovative and technological development of a region: assessment, forecasting, and ways of achievementÂť
PICES Press, Vol. 20, No. 2, Summer 2012
â˘The 2012 Inter-sessional Science Board Meeting: A Note from Science Board Chairman (pp. 1-4)
âžPICES Interns (p. 4)
âž2012 Inter-sessional Workshop on a Roadmap for FUTURE (pp. 5-8)
âžSecond Symposium on âEffects of Climate Change on the Worldâs Oceansâ (pp. 9-13)
âž2012 Yeosu Workshop on âFramework for Ocean Observingâ (pp. 14-15)
âž2012 Yeosu Workshop on âClimate Change Projectionsâ (pp. 16-17)
âž2012 Yeosu Workshop on âCoastal Blue Carbonâ (pp. 18-20)
âžPolar Comparisons: Summary of 2012 Yeosu Workshop (pp. 21-23)
âž2012 Yeosu Workshop on âClimate Change and Range Shifts in the Oceans" (pp. 24-27)
âž2012 Yeosu Workshop on âBeyond Dispersionâ (pp. 28-30)
âž2012 Yeosu Workshop on âPublic Perception of Climate Changeâ (pp. 31, 50)
âžPICES Working Group 20: Accomplishments and Legacy (pp. 32-33)
âžThe State of the Western North Pacific in the Second Half of 2011 (pp. 34-35)
âžAnother Cold Winter in the Gulf of Alaska (pp. 36-37)
âžThe Bering Sea: Current Status and Recent Events (pp. 38-40)
âžPICES/ICES 2012 Conference for Early Career Marine Scientists (pp. 41-43)
âžCompletion of the PICES Seafood Safety Project â Indonesia (pp. 44-46)
âžOceanography Improves Salmon Forecasts (p. 47)
âž2012 GEOHAB Open Science Meeting (p. 48-50)
âžShin-ichi Ito awarded 2011 Uda Prize (p. 50
PICES Press, Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter 2012
â˘2011 PICES Science: A Note from the Science Board Chairman (pp. 1-6)
â˘2011 PICES Awards (pp. 7-9)
â˘Beyond the Terrible Disaster of the Great East Japan Earthquake (pp. 10-12)
â˘A New Era of PICES-ICES Scientific Cooperation (p. 13)
â˘New PICES Jellyfish Working Group Formed (pp. 14-15)
â˘PICES Working Group on North Pacific Climate Variability (pp. 16-18)
â˘Final U.S. GLOBEC Symposium and Celebration (pp. 19-25)
â˘2011 PICES Rapid Assessment Survey (pp. 26-29)
â˘Introduction to Rapid Assessment Survey Methodologies
for Detecting Non-indigenous Marine Species (pp. 30-31)
â˘The 7th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions (pp. 32-33)
â˘NOWPAP/PICES/WESTPAC Training Course on
Remote Sensing Data Analysis (pp. 34-36)
â˘PICES-2011 Workshop on âTrends in Marine
Contaminants and their Effects in a Changing Oceanâ (pp. 37-39)
â˘The State of the Western North Pacific in the First Half
of 2011 (pp. 40-42)
â˘Yeosu Symposium theme sessions (p. 42)
â˘The Bering Sea: Current Status and Recent Events (pp. 43-44)
â˘News of the Northeast Pacific Ocean (pp. 45-47)
â˘Recent and Upcoming PICES Publications (p. 47)
â˘New leadership for the PICES Fishery Science Committee (p. 48
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