TONY ORME, Director, Pharma Distribution Consulting

•   As a former MHRA Expert GDP Inspector, Tony has over 32 years experience in various areas of the regulation of pharmaceutical distribution. With 22 years within the MHRA GDP Inspectorate team he undertook the most high profile and complex inspections across the UK.

•   He was responsible for the UK GDP Inspection strategy and development of the risk based inspection programme.  He led on the implementation of the Falsified Medicines Directive Unique Identifier for distributors in the UK and represented MHRA on Board meetings with SecurMed, the NMVO for Northern Ireland.

•   He has extensive experience in identifying and tackling the infiltration of falsified and counterfeit medicines into the UK supply chain.