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Pharmapack Europe 2012
Date: February 15-16, 2012Location: Grande Halle de La Villette, Paris, France
Pharmapack Europe, the first conference and exhibition dedicated to innovations in drug delivery devices, pharmaceutical and medical packaging will gather over 2,800 visitors and 250 exhibitors on 15-16 February 2012. Pharmaceutical product safety currently being a paramount challenge among the health industry, Pharmapack Europe 2012 will continue to focus on this topical issue. Over the two days experts from international pharma companies and leading technology providers will present the latest technologies that enhance protection against counterfeit, track & trace and control of the supply chain. For the first time Pharmapack will host a focused symposium on tertiary packaging & temperature- controlled transport packaging alongside the conference on the exhibition floor.
Tackling Product Contamination
Date: March 13, 2012Location: Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London
Tackling Product Contamination is a one-day briefing looking at how manufacturers and retailers of groceries, drinks, and pharmaceuticals, as well as utilities suppliers should protect their companies from this risk. Aimed at aimed at Heads of Security and Risk, Heads of Business Continuity and Chief Information officers in supermarket chains, grocery and drinks manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, police, insurers, lawyers, associations and food safety experts, Tackling Product Contamination is a “must attend” event for anyone involved in product safety. For further information go to our website www.quaynote.com or email alison@quaynote.com.
LogiPharma Europe 2012
Date: April 24-26, 2012Location: Hôtel Président Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
The 11th annual LogiPharma Europe 2012 is the only end-to-end pharma supply chain conference where strategic-level BioPharma logistics professionals meet to benchmark, network, share best practices and assess latest industry approaches to optimising supply chain performance. Over 120 Global Heads and VPs of supply chain, planning, logistics and quality gather to determine how to drive supply chain performance in order to deliver tangible competitive advantages over the competition. Companies attending include Boehringer Ingelheim, Baxter, Pfizer, Lodestone, DHL, Mylan, Astrazeneca and more. For more information email us at logipharma@wbr.co.uk or call +44 (0) 2073689465.
3rd University of Würzburg Anti-Counterfeit Conference: Strategies against Falsified / Counterfeit Medicines
Date: May 07-08, 2012Location: Würzburg, Germany
Counterfeit APIs and medicines pose a growing threat to patients worldwide, with increasing numbers in Europe and the USA. Customs all over the world find more and more illegally produced drugs. Moreover, drugs are increasingly sold via the Internet making it much easier to put counterfeits into circulation. Thus, strategies against counterfeited medicines become more important. With this in mind, the conference will focus on:
- The new Falsified Medicine Directive and the revised EU Good Distribution Practice Guide.
- Case studies for anti-counterfeiting strategies in pharmaceutical companies.
- The new tamper verification feature initiative.
- Actual track&trace (T&T) developments in Europe (“securPharm”, EDQM’s eTACT) and coding and T&T requirements worldwide.
- FDA’s anti-counterfeit strategies and current activities.
To find out more please visit www.counterfeit-conference.org.
