Public health physician, expert in pharmaceutical policy, former chief medical officer at TGA, former director of pharmaceutical policy in Australian DoH, principal negotiator of pharma provisions of AUS FTA

Experience

  • –present
    Adjunct Professor of Health Policy, George Washington University

Education

  •  
    ANU, BSc
  • 2001 
    University of Newcastle, MMedSc
  • 1996 
    University of Newcastle, BMed

Publications

  • 2015
    Pharma’s next frontier? New Threats to Public Health in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. , Aust NZ J Public Health
  • 2015
    Value-Based Purchasing and Disinvestment Strategies for Pharmaceuticals: An International Review. , Pharmacoeconomics
  • 2015
    Impact d’un “Qualifiant Biologique“ sur le droit de la Dénomination Commune Internationale des biomolecules., Rev Gen Dr Med
  • 2015
    Costs to Australian taxpayers of pharmaceutical monopolies and proposals to extend them in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. , Med J Aust
  • 2014
    Transferability of results of cost utility analyses for biologicals for inflammatory conditions in Central and Eastern European countries. , Eur J Health Econ
  • 2014
    Faecal microbiota transplantation: A sui generis biological drug, not a tissue. , Ann Pharm France
  • 2014
    Substitution des biomédicaments: Prospective d’impact compétitif en droit comparé franco-américain. , Techniques Hospitalières
  • 2014
    Costs of New Treatments for Hepatitis C Infection , JAMA
  • 2014
    Revolution then evolution: The advance of health economic evaluation in Australia., Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen
  • 2013
    Australia’s ‘Fourth Hurdle’ drug review comparing costs and benefits holds lessons for the United States., Health Affairs
  • 2013
    Applying rapid ‘de facto’ HTA in resource-limited settings: Experience from Romania., Health Policy
  • 2013
    Likely impact of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement on access to affordable medicines and health equity in New Zealand. , Health Policy
  • 2013
    Biosimilars and the European Experience: Implications for the United States. , Health Affairs
  • 2013
    Increased risk of intussusception associated with rotavirus vaccines in Australia’s national immunization program. , Clin Inf Dis
  • 2013
    The high price of “free” trade: US free trade agreements and access to medicines., J Law Med Ethics
  • 2012
    Persistence in health behaviors among Medicare beneficiaries. , Open Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • 2012
    Impact of Medication Adherence on Medicare Expenditure among Beneficiaries with Heart Failure, Am J Man Care
  • 2012
    Willingness to Pay for Cancer Therapy. , Health Affairs
  • 2012
    Medication information for patients with limited English proficiency: Lessons from the European Union. , J Law Med Ethics
  • 2012
    Simulated Value-Based Insurance Design Applied to Statin Use by Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes, Value in Health
  • 2011
    . Does Medication Adherence Lower Medicare Spending among Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes? , Health Services Research
  • 2010
    Child influenza vaccination: Panvax febrile reactions not a predictor. , BMJ
  • 2010
    Benefits and risks of trivalent 2010 seasonal influenza vaccine in Australian children, Eurosurveillance
  • 2009
    Comparative Effectiveness Research and Evidence- Based Health Policy: Experience from Four Countries. , Milbank Quarterly
  • 2009
    PBS Co-payments and Safety Nets. , Aust Health Review
  • 2009
    Medicines and Markets: the USA and Australia. , Australian Prescriber
  • 2008
    Toward a Definition of Pharmaceutical Innovation. , Open Medicine
  • 2007
    Prices for innovative pharmaceutical products that provide health gain: a comparison between Australia and USA. , Value in Health
  • 2007
    What is fair? Choice, Fairness, and Transparency in Access to Prescription Medicines in the US and Australia. , J Law Med Ethics
  • 2007
    Towards a rational, value-based drug benefit for Medicare. , Health Affairs
  • 2007
    International Price Comparisons for Novel and Follow-on Drugs: A Response. , Value in Health
  • 2003
    Use of pharmacoeconomics in prescribing research. Part 3: Cost- effectiveness analysis. , J Clin Pharm Ther
  • 2003
    Use of pharmacoeconomics in prescribing research. Part 5: Modeling – beyond clinical trials. , J Clin Pharm Ther
  • 2002
    The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme: Economic evaluation works ... but is not a panacea. , Australian Prescriber
  • 2002
    Differential pricing of drugs: A role for cost effectiveness analysis? , Lancet
  • 1999
    Pharmacoeconomics and policy decisions: The Australian health care system., Clin Ther
  • 1997
    A randomised controlled trial of piroxicam in the management of acute ankle sprain in Australian Regular Army recruits., Am J Sports Med
  • 1996
    Drug-induced delirium: Incidence, management and prevention. , Drug Safety

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Honours

20006-07 Harkness Fellow in Health Policy

Contact Ruth for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision