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Taming the Big Pharma Monster launches in London
New book sparks patient-led revolution of practical and real change in pharma
London, United Kingdom, 3rdJune2019: Three weeks after the first Medicines for the 21st Century Conference, held in Cardiff Bay (8thMay), a new book from Filament Publishing - Taming the Big Pharma Monster:By Speaking Truth to Power- was officially released at a networking event at the Institute of Directors. The event, on 28thMay, marked the next phase of a "revolution of practical and real change" starting in Wales but with a global vision, to disrupt the current catastrophic situation facing everyone involved in the pharmaceuticals industry - from drug developers to the patients.
Author, Hedley Rees, director of PharmaFlow Ltd, says: "It was a pleasure to be able to ‘Speak the Truth' on Big Pharma to such a broad array of book lovers and publishing industry professionals. There is already considerable interest from many of my connections with a thirst to make a difference in this industry, wishing to spread the word as ‘Friends of Medicines Modernisation.' Through the education in this book, and follow-on campaigning from our conference Medicines for the 21st Century: Safe, Better, Cheaper, my aim is to attract the attention of UK politicians and press for the necessary changes to medicines patent law."
The book addresses the pharmaceutical industry's current meltdown. We constantly hear of eye-watering drug prices, shortages, litigation over damaging side effects, dodgy marketing practices, economic adulteration, consent decrees, counterfeiting, patent games, price gouging, and much, much more... How can this be right? The short answer is, it's not.
The book and conference are companions to a change initiative called Friends Of Medicines Modernisation (FOMM) that involves educating users of medicines about the ins and outs of pharma. The output of the conference will be a white paper to go to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee Clerk for circulation to their Committee Members in early June. There are also plans to create a not-for-profit called MEDS: Economical, Designed, Safe. The mission will be to provide information and support to patients and patient groups, so they can ask searching questions of whoever needs to act to reverse the decline in the medicines industry.
Notes to editors
For a copy of Taming the Big Pharma Monster (paperback/digital), for editorial commissions, or to book an interview with Hedley Rees:dianashlee@literallypr.com
About Hedley Rees, author of Taming the Big Pharma Monster and organiser of the Medicines for the 21stCentury Conference
Hedley Rees is managing consultant at PharmaFlow Limited, a UK based consultancy specialising in operations and supply chain management within life science.Assignments span early stage clinical trial supply chains up to complex multi-product supply networks covering global territories.Hedley held senior positions at Bayer UK, British Biotech, Vernalis, Johnson & Johnson and OSI Pharmaceuticals. His skill set covers the range of competencies from strategic procurement, production and inventory control, distribution logistics, information systems and improvement.As an expert in production systems design and implementation, Hedley is a zealous advocate of the regulatory modernisation frameworks of FDA's 21st Century Modernization (Janet Woodcock MD) and the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH). He graduated from the University of Wales as a production engineer and holds an Executive MBA from Cranfield University School of Management. Hedley lives in Bridgend, South Wales.