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Debate the best practices in combating counterfeit medicines
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Ron Guido, Vice President of Global Brand Protection, Johnson & Johnson
Ravi Kalyanaraman, Senior Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Robert Celeste, Director, GS1 Healthcare US
Julien Bradley, Director of Product Management and Marketing, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Richard Halverson, Senior Special Agent and Chief of the Outreach and Training Unit, National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center
Bonni Kirkwood, Senior Manager Strategy and Operations, Deloitte Consulting
Wendell Smith, President, Technology Transfer Group
Frank Schurgers, Managing Director, Integris International
Joan Antokol, Managing Partner, Privacy and Data Protection Practice, Park Legal, LLC
Teresa Anzalone, Trademark Attorney, Symbus Law Group
Terrence Gaffney, Intellectual Property Practice Manager, Eckert Seamans, Cherin and Mellott, LLC
Neville Broad, Technical Manager, Abbott
Tom Woods, President, Woods International, LLC
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Conference Introduction2nd Pharmaceutical Anti-counterfeiting Americas
November 14th - 15th, 2011, Boston, USA
Dear Colleague,
The FDA estimates counterfeit medicines to make up more than10% of the global pharmaceutical market. Recently the USgovernmentinjected$3.36minto15projectsaimedatcombatingcounterfeit medicines in developing countries including severalLatinAmerican andAfrican countries.The US President also hasplans to eradicate illegal internet pharmacies with the set-upof public-private partnership backed by commercial companiesincludingGoogleandMicrosoft.
Revenuesofpharmaceuticalcounterfeittechnologiesareexpectedto rise considerably in the coming years as countries in thedevelopedworldstepuptheireffortstotacklethegrowingproblemoffakemedicines.
Havingorganized6successfulPharmaceuticalAnti-Counterfeitingconferences in the past, Visiongain is now preparing for its2nd PharmaceuticalAnti-CounterfeitingAmericas Conference. Ourfeatured lineupof industry expertswill discuss theglobal threatof counterfeit medicines and brainstorm how to best tackle theproblem to ensure you are in a better position to secure yourproductsagainstcounterfeiters.
Why you should attend this conference
•HearthelatestinUSpolicyupdates
•ReviewcurrentUSlegislativeandregulatoryinfrastructures
•Identifynewtechnologiesintrackandtracepackaging
•Exploretheeffectsofparalleltrade
•Debatethebestpracticesinpharmaceuticalsupplychainintegrity
•Assesstheeffectsofcounterfeitdrugsondrugmanufacturers
•Evaluateanalyticalmethodsfordetection
•Understandtheroleofillegalinternetpharmacies
•Usethisasaplatformtoforgefuturebusinesscollaborations
Ilookforwardtomeetingyouattheconference
Bestregards
Koos Mohammed Conference Producer
Poster Presentation
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Maximise your time at Visiongain’s 2nd Pharmaceutical
Anti-counterfeiting Americas meeting by sharing your
results in a poster presentation. With a plethora of key
decision makers, take advantage of this senior networking
opportunity.
Please send your 200 word abstract, in English, to:
[email protected] for approval. The deadline
for submissions is Tuesday, November 1st, 2011. Please
include contact details for the corresponding author(s).
Academic institutions will not be charged a fee if booked as
full-price delegates. Posters submitted by pharmaceutical
and biotechnology firms will be charged a fee of £199.
Posters submitted by service providers / vendors are welcome
and will be subject to evaluation. Upon approval a fee of
£500 will apply. Two delegates from your organisation
must be booked at full price to present a poster.
Please note that all posters will be displayed at the
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Due to limited space, please register your interest early.
Who should attend this conference?
Chief Security Officers, VPs, directors, heads, managers
and specialists of:
• Supply chain/ Supply Chain Security/ Supply Chain
Systems/ Global Supply Chain
• Anti-counterfeit Projects / Anti-counterfeiting
Operations
• Brand Protection
• Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
• Security/ Global Security
• Packaging suppliers
• Wholesale & distribution
• Quality Assurance/ Quality Control
• Specialists in pharmaceutical logistics
• Regulatory organisations and Law firms
• Compliance
Day 12nd Pharmaceutical Anti-counterfeiting Americas
Monday November 14th, 2011
09:00 Registration and refreshments
09:30 Opening address from the chair
Ravi Kalyanaraman SeniorScientistBristol-Myers Squibb
09:40 Preparing for serialization and visibility within the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain
•Preparationforstatedrugpedigreerequirements
•Productserializationimplementation
•Managingpedigreedata
•Connectingwithtradingpartners
•Keylearningsfromthepilotstodate
Robert Celeste DirectorGS1 Healthcare US
10:20 Analyzing the analytical techniques for counterfeit detection
•Fingerprintingpharmaceuticalproductsusingseveralanalyticaltechniques
•Thevariousanalyticaltechniquesthatareavailable
-Prosandconsforpharmaceuticalproductfingerprinting
Ravi Kalyanaraman SeniorScientistBristol-Myers Squibb
11:00 Morning refreshments
11:20 Use of handheld Raman, FTIR, and NIR spectrometers for field screening of counterfeits
•Basicsofvibrationalspectroscopyforpharmaceuticalanti-counterfeiting
•Howtechnologyadvancesareallowinglab-qualitytestingtobedoneinthefield
•Casestudy:implementationofhandheldRamaninstrumentsbyNigeria’sNAFDAC
Julien Bradley DirectorofProductManagementandMarketingThermo Fisher Scientific
12:00 Counterfeit drugs and drug safety implications
•Obligationsrelatingtoadverseeventreportinginthecontextofcounterfeitdrugs
•Implicationsforyourproduct–andforpatientsafety
•Examplesofthechallenges
•Tipsandrecommendationsforminimizingyourrisks
Joan Antokol PartnerPark Legal LLC
12:40 Networking lunch
13:40 Developing regulatory agencies with teeth: how the international community can help
•Regulatoryagenciesareonthefrontlinesinthewaragainstcounterfeitpharmaceuticalsandmustbetrainedandequippedtostayinthefight
•Capacitybuilding,especiallyforlessdevelopedcountryregulatoryagencies,willhelpstrengtheninternationalenforcementeffortsandsavethousandsoflives
•Donorgovernmentsandinstitutions,workingwiththeprivatesector,cansubstantiallyenhanceglobalcapacitytofightfakedrugs
Tom Woods PresidentWoods International, LLC
14:20 The challenges of investigating international pharmaceutical counterfeiting
•Aninvestigator’sperspective •Collaborationwithnationalandinternationallawenforcementagencies •Thebenefitsofnewtechnologies
Frank Schurgers ManagingDirectorIntegris International
15:00 Afternoon Refreshments
15:20 Forging partnerships to combat counterfeit medicines
•Strategiesforbetterpartnershipbetweenregulators,lawenforcers,andindustry
•Theneedforgreaterdiscussion •Conductingmarketresearchinareasofhighrisk •Thelinkbetweenparalleltradeandfakedrugsenteringthesupplychain
Bonni Kirkwood SeniorManagerStrategyandOperationsDeloitte Consulting
16:00 The role of the pharmaceutical industry in combating counterfeit medicines
•Opennessinreportingcasesofcounterfeitmedicines
•Developingimprovedco-operationstrategies
•Collaborationandinternationalengagement
16:40 Closing remarks from the chair
16:50 Networking drinks Take your discussions further and build new
relationships in a relaxed and informal setting.
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Day 22nd Pharmaceutical Anti-counterfeiting Americas
Tuesday November 15th, 2011
09:00 Registration and refreshments
09:30 Opening address from the chair
Richard Halverson SeniorSpecialAgentandChiefoftheOutreachandTrainingUnitNational Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center
09:40 Pharmaceuticals, counterfeits and the internet
•IPR’sundercoveroperationtargetingpersonsandorganizationsexploitingtheinternet
•Whycounterfeitingisnolongeraharmlesscrime
•Theimpactofcounterfeitingonbusinessesandthepublic
Richard Halverson SeniorSpecialAgentandChiefoftheOutreachandTrainingUnitNational Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center
10:20 Securing the pharmaceuticals supply chain: the challenges and solutions of brand protection
•Amanufacturer’sperspective:safe&securesupplychainbestpractices
•Applicationofanti-counterfeitingtechnologies-aretheyeffective?
•Whatdoesthefutureofbrandprotectionlooklike?
Ron Guido VicePresidentofGlobalBrandProtectionJohnson & Johnson
11:00 Morning refreshments
11:20 Presentation to be announced
Senior Representative TÜV International GmbH
11:40 What’s new technically?
•Computergeneratedholograms
•Onpressembossing
•Nocopyinks
•Uniqueflourescentdyes
•DNAmoleculartaggants
Wendell Smith PresidentTechnology Transfer Group
12:20 Networking lunch
13:20 Anti-Counterfeiting in the pharmaceutical industry from the IP professional’s perspective: the need for a multifaceted and collaborative approach
•Atrademarkregistrationprogram
•Acustomsrecordalprogram(includingvisitstocustomsofficials)
•Acopyrightregistrationprogram
•Aninternetmonitoringprogramtoidentifymis-useofIPbythirdparties
•Acooperativeandcoordinatedapproachtoproblemsolvinginvolvingin-houseIPcounsel,externallawfirms,customs,regulatorypersonnel,FDA,investigators,lawenforcementandothers
Teresa Hechmer Anzalone TrademarkAttorneySymbus Law Group
14:00 Legal arsenals to combat pharmaceutical counterfeit drugs: where do you take the fight?
•Legaldefinitionofcounterfeits
•Theproblems
•WHOleadstheglobalefforttocombatcounterfeits
•Illegaldiversion
•Pharmaceuticaltheft
•Identifyingindividualsresponsibleforillegalonlineactivities
Terrence Gaffney IntellectualPropertyPracticeManagerEckert Seamans, Cherin and Mellott, LLC
14:40 Afternoon refreshments
15:00 The use of X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) for Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting
•Analysisofcounterfeitcapsuleblendusingnon-destructiveXRF
•HowXRFelementalanalysiscomplimentsestablishedportabletechniques
•Combingdatafromrapidtechnologiesforenhancedintelligence
Neville Broad TechnicalManagerAbbott
15:00 How parallel trade is contributing to counterfeit drugs
•Thelinkbetweenparalleltradeandfakedrugsenteringthesupplychain
•Alookattheregulatoryenvironment
•Strategiesforimprovingthesupplychain
16:20 Chair’s closing remarks
16:30 End of Conference
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