8th Annual Pharma Anti-Counterfeiting & Serialisation 2020

8th Annual Pharma Anti-Counterfeiting & Serialisation 2020

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

Get more from the event, with a broader scope bringing the whole communications value chain together. Enjoy and make the best out of our dedicated networking time, meet the leading international vendors showcasing the products of tomorrow in the co-located exhibition. Expand your knowledge of the latest business models and strategies in the high-level conference.

Event Speakers

PINGPING NI

AstraZeneca

EBERHARD S

HIT Foundation

JEREMY PETERS

Bristol-Myers Squibb (USA)

SULTAN DAJANI

Wainwrights Chemists

SIDDHI TRIVEDI

Beyond Identity

BILL ARONSON

Artificial Intelligence Research Group

PATRIC J

Merck KGaA

ANDREAS GOEBEL

Hypertrust

EIKE HILLBRICHT

Boehringer Ingelheim

MATTHEW COPE

Intellectual Property Office

RADOUANE O

Eagle Genomics

EDITH L N

IPSOMEDIC

ZINA C

Sidley Austin

GABOR PURMAN

NexGen Healthcare Communications

SEBASTIEN M

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

BRAM V L

Sanofi

NICLAS N

LEO Pharma

HARIPRASAD R

Google Cloud

JACK JING

Seacross Pharmaceuticals

EVI MATHIOU

Novo Nordisk

STAN SHEPHERD

Instant Access Medical

EDDIE GUZDAR

Sanofi Genzy

SIMON D

modum.io AG

SAMI BILAL

Advanco

“Competences to Combat Counterfeits & impact of AI, IoT, Blockchain & Big Data in Pharma ”

Event Schedule

Meet and to network with your conference colleagues.

08:30 – Coffee and registration

09:30 - Chairperson opening remarks

BILL ARONSON, COO, Artificial Intelligence Research Group

MARKET ANALYSIS & CURRENT OVERVIEW

09:40 – Illicit Online Pharmacies & Dark Net Counterfeiting operations

NICHOLAS CALL, Special Agent, FDA

10:20 – EMVO - 1 year after implementation

ADRIAN VAN DEN HOVEN, Director General, Medicines for Europe (President Of The Board Of Directors, European Medicines Verification Organisation (EMVO)

11:00 – Morning Coffee & Networking

CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES

11:30 – Morning Keynote Panel Discussion: – Challenges and Opportunities – Breaking the barriers toutilize the opportunities

•   Post (FMD) Deadline – How are we doing? What else needs to be done?
•   Combatting counterfeiting, and overcoming the coordination challenges
•   Market analysis – EU, US and RoW markets
•   Impact of BREXIT
•   FMD compliance to be included in GPhC pharmacy inspections
•   Strategies and solutions to optimize your information storing and sharing, and quality management
•   Future of automation, data and process standardization supports the future of anti-counterfeiting efforts and product integrity
•   Next-generation anti-counterfeiting – How to prepare for it? What should be done?

Moderator
BILL ARONSON, COO, Artificial Intelligence Research Group


Panellists
ADRIAN VAN DEN HOVEN, Director General, Medicines for Europe (President Of The Board Of Directors, European Medicines Verification Organisation (EMVO)
NEIL LAWRENCE, Global Serialisation Champion, GSK
ERIK MEZACK, Global Serialization Technical Lead, Teva
JACK JING, Global Business Development Director / Head of EU Commercial Operations, Seacross Pharmaceuticals

12:10 – Serialization – The next wave

•   From Compliance to Optimization – Serialization 2.0
•   Deployment stories
•   Overview ARC
•   About Advanco

Sami Bilal, Director Product Management, Advanco

12:30 – Networking luncheon / Exhibition Visit

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION

13:30 – E-Commerce: connecting an unconnected Internet ecosystem

•   The rising tide of fake pharmacy websites
•   How the Internet stakeholders need to become more connected
•   There is no silver bullet just lots of small rounds – what needs to be done
•   Stemming public demand by raising awareness is key

MIKE ISLES, Executive Director, European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines

14:00 - Anti-Counterfeiting Investigations from industry perspective

•   The Global issue
•   Why do companies need an ACF strategy
•   Investigative methods
•   Collaboration
•   Case study

GARY JOHNSTON, Global Security – Product Crime Investigations, Bayer

14:30 – Digital transformation and anti-counterfeiting strategy

•   What will change? What do we need in terms of health?
•   Tracking, tracking, tracking
•   How to adapt the anti-counterfeiting strategy to the new situation
•   How to set up a regulatory oversight committee
•   Case study Pharma Industry and Supply Chain 4.0

PATRIK MERCKELL, External Business Process Analyst and Project Manager, Roche (Founder, accent.world sa)

15:00 – Afternoon coffee & Networking

FIGHTING FAKES – BRAND PROTECTION

15:20 – Counteracting Counterfeiting

•   Medicines are not ordinary items of commerce and why faking them is like playing Russian Roulette
•   The risks of not implementing measures to public health
•   Measures being taken in the UK
•   Latest updates since implementation

SULTAN DAJANI, Pharmacist Superintendent, Wainwrights Chemists

15:50 - Serialisation, the past the present and the future

•   How did Serialisation legislation originate
•   How have industry delivered and what have been the challenges
•   What is the next steps for the technology

NEIL LAWRENCE, Global Serialisation Champion, GSK

PHARMACY PERSPECTIVE

16:20 – Pharmacy perspective – Last part of supply chain

•   Final part in supply chain before medication reaches patients
•   Safe packaging
•   Packaging has led to patient safety incidents and dispensing errors, and FMD

LEYLA HANNBECK, CEO, Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies

16:50 - Chairperson’s closing remarks and end of conference

16:50 – 18:00 – Networking Drinks - Take your discussions further & build new relationships in a relaxed & informal setting

08:30 – Coffee and registration

09:30 - Chairperson opening remarks

BILL ARONSON, COO, Artificial Intelligence Research Group

SERIALISATION – TRACK & TRACE

09:40 –  Benefits beyond compliance

MARCEL DE GRUTTER, Project Manager Serialization - Regulatory & Government Affairs Liaison, Abbott

10:20 – Bristol-Myers Squibb Forensics & Brand Protection – Ensuring Supply Chain Integrity and Patient Safety through Advanced Analytical Capability & Matrix Collaboration

•   Scope – Who we are, What we do, Matrix teams involved, and Why?
•   Technologies, Capabilities, Methodologies, and Strategies used to ensure Integrity of the Supply Chain and Patient Safety
•   Case Studies – Recent examples of how Strategies and Technologies are utilized
•   Future? How might Brand Protection look in a future state

JEREMY PETERS, Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb (USA)

11:00 – Morning Coffee & Networking

11:30 – Panel Discussion with the experts– Serialisation – Track & Trace – Making the best of it

•   Identify the challenge and opportunity space for serialization and interoperability: what technology is right for you?
•   The Business value of Serialization, Crossing your barriers; identify and develop your solutions
•   Practical approach to implementing a serialisation solution
•   Benefits/Possible Risks Beyond Serialization
•   Track & Trace – The smart solution
•   What are the traceability challenges still to overcome in the next 5 years?
•   Opportunities as we move over the next 3-5 years
•   Practical Issues for operationalising

Moderator
BILL ARONSON, COO, Artificial Intelligence Research Group

Panellists
MARCEL DE GRUTTER, Project Manager Serialization - Regulatory & Government Affairs Liaison, Abbott
SEBASTIEN MAUEL, Director of the Serialization Program, Ferring Pharmaceuticals
AREN AVADISYAN, Country Quality Head, Sanofi
JOHN SIMMONS, Serialization and Coding Quality Lead, GSK

12:10 – Holistic Supply Chain Management for sensitive Goods

•   Addressing the challenges of pharma supply chain tracking from an end-to-end perspective and on article-level
•   Using emerging technologies to optimize and automate supply chains

SIMON DOSSEGGER, CEO, modum.io AG

12:30 – Networking luncheon / Exhibition Visit

13:50 – Let’s get physical

•   How we can use physics to defeat fakes

BILL ARONSON, COO, Artificial Intelligence Research Group

14:10 – Establishing a reliable internal network for investigations on crime against products

•   Advantages of internal experts
•   Importance of internal steering functions

EIKE HILLBRICHT, Corporate Security Manager, Boehringer Ingelheim

14:50 – Afternoon coffee & Networking

REGULATORY

15:20 - Counterfeit medicines - The regulatory and industry challenges

Zina Chatzidimitriadou, Counsel, Sidley Austin

15:50 – Panel Discussion: Global regulatory developments and updates

•   Recent evolving regulatory frameworks - EU and US – Comparing with RoW
•   Understand the coordination challenge across industry and government stakeholders
•   How regulation seeks to respond to the collective coordination challenge?
•   Global regulatory challenges and solutions
•   How government seeks to regulate IoT and emergent technology to address the counterfeiting challenge
•   A holistic strategy that includes collaboration with law enforcement authorities, regulatory officials, supply chain partners, and packaging technology specialists
•   What governments expect from brand holders and pharmaceutical stakeholders?

Moderator
BILL ARONSON, COO, Artificial Intelligence Research Group

Panellists
MATTHEW COPE, Deputy Director, IP Enforcement, Intellectual Property Office
Zina Chatzidimitriadou, Counsel, Sidley Austin

16:20 - Chairperson’s closing remarks and end of conference

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  • Date : 14 March 2020 - 15 March 2020
  • Time : 9:30 am - 6:00 pm (Europe/London)

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