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Pharma Security World 2018 - Anti-Counterfeiting & Brand Safety Conference

 

The pharmaceutical industry has an array of duties of keeping up with technology and research as well as the unbridled counterfeit products that can thwart the efforts. The snide, intended to mimic the genuine products, have in many cases led to lack of effective healing, adverse reactions and now the diminishing confidence in medicines and the general healthcare systems and the providers of the same.

 

With sales ranging from €150 billion to €200 billion which is US$163 billion to $217 billion every year, as indicated by industry estimates, fake pharmaceuticals are the most lucrative segment of the worldwide exchange illicitly replicated merchandise. World Health Organization (WHO) approximates 30 percent of drugs that reach developing nations are counterfeit and this can have substantial effects for the brand as well as on the patients. Dealing in counterfeits is a criminal offence that not only harms legitimate businesses, but also leaves consumers with sub-standard goods that are often precarious.

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Thus Counterfeit medicines are turning into a serious concern around the world, and have progressively been showing up through the real pharmaceutical supply chain, including community and online drug stores. Whats more, pharmaceutical companies and regulators are creating ways to stop them. No nations stay untouched by this issue, what was once viewed as an issue endured by developing nations has now turned into an issue to developing nations including US and Europe. We require both countrywide and industry-level participation, and in addition public and private sector coordinated effort, to identify and definitively battle counterfeiters.

 

The US is driving the path with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) approved in 2013. DSCSA guide for end-to-end traceability is extended over a period of 10 years, with expectations sketched through out the supply chain. In the US, lot- level traceability started in January 2015 under the under the act with package-level serialization to be finished in November 2017. The complete supply chain is relied upon to be electronically incorporated and all hubs of traceability to be built up by November 2023. The E.U.’s Falsified Medicines Directive requires drug companies
to adopt mass serialization and other anti-counterfeiting measures starting in 2019. Manufacturers who operate in the E.U. will have to add unique identification numbers to the outer packaging of all prescription drugs, and equip containers with tamperproof seals. To guide customers from illicit online drug stores that supply fake medications, the FMD requires approved legitimate Internet drug stores to show a logo distinguishing them as E.U. approved drug retailers.

 

To protect your brand and build a genuine future, Corvus Global Events invites you to Pharma Security World 2018 – An Anti-counterfeiting & Brand Safety Conference, which will have Pharma industry experts sharing various challenges faced, new strategies, case studies and use of innovative ideas and the conference will also offer opportunities to encourage partnerships and collaborations.

 

It gives us a great pleasure to welcoming you to the Pharma Security World 2018


KEY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Understanding and meeting the needs of DSCSA, EU FMD and other global regulations
  • Synchrony of the Pharma Industry and professional bodies against counterfeiting
  • Tackling pharmaceutical crime - initiatives at multinational, EU and national level
  • IP and regulatory enforcement
  • Strategies for public awareness and patient protection
  • Best practices to protect your brand
  • The role of the Internet in aiding the counterfeiters – How to overcome the situation?
  • Common Logo initiative in the EU for online pharmacies
  • Brand Protection & Securing supply chain integrity
  • End to End supply chain visibility
  • Developing a sustainable Serialization strategy
  • Global enterprise level solutions for anti-counterfeiting
  • Integration of track & trace solutions in production and supply chain
  • Smart Packaging, Labeling, Artwork, Warehouse & Logistics 
  • Effective Authentication Technologies
  • Best selection of tamper-evident features
  • Developing a RMP for your supply chain to protect your Brand, Product and Patient Safety
  • Measuring the Effectiveness of a Good Quality System through frequent external and internal audits
  • Debating the use and implementation of serialization, barcoding, and RFID
  • Serialization Data and Analytics driven approach to increase supply chain agility
  • Cloud-based technology complement big data solutions in monitoring and improving supply chain processes
  • The need to understand and adopt new technologies like IoT, Analytics, Block chain, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
  • Case study: How companies are structuring their counterfeiting efforts and departments?

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THE CONFERENCE

 

Attendees include GMs, VPs, Directors, Heads and Managers of:

  • Intellectual Property, investigators and Trademark council
  • Law enforcements & legal services
  • Drug regulatory agencies and customs
  • Pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors
  • Healthcare professionals
  • Pharmacists
  • Serialization, Track and Trace solution providers
  • Brand protection, enforcement, security, integrity and management companies
  • Healthcare research organizations
  • Pharmaceutical industry professional associations
  • Anti-counterfeiting organizations
  • Supply Chain management companies
  • Packaging, labeling and converting companies
  • Authentication technology suppliers
  • Contract manufacturing organization (CMO)
  • IT service providers

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There are plenty of opportunities to position yourself as a thought leader & showcase your company.

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Tuesday - 20th March 2018

  • 08:30

  • Registration & Refreshments

  • 09:15

  • Chairperson's opening remarks

    Tony Saggers

    Tony Saggers (Former Head of Drugs Threat & Intelligence - National Crime Agency)
     Director and Consultant, StraTac Logical Limited

ANTI-COUNTERFEITING MARKET AND CHALLENGES

  • 09:20

  • Counterfeit Medicines – A Threat to Patient Safety

    • Develop a strategy protecting the patient safety, brand reputation, intellectual property rights and revenue
    • Guidelines to prevent counterfeit from entering the supply chain
    • Monitoring the complex counterfeiters threatening enforcement efforts
    • Create a team which has experts from Law enforcement, supply chain, packaging technology and legal
    • Develop best practices for counterfeit detection, prevention and deterrence
    • Develop & implement a counterfeit risk assessment tool

    Patrick Holt

    Patrick Holt Director, Global Security, EMEA
     Pfizer

  • 09:50

  • Controlling counterfeit medicine products & patient information (inaccurate patient data/ feedback)

    Jon Lant

    Jon Lant Head of Innovation
     Origin Pharma Packaging

  • 10:20

  • Morning Coffee/Tea & Networking

  • 10:40

  • Serialisation ≠ Authentication

    The extraordinary danger of falsified medicines has prompted countries around the world to implement serialisation regulations, in hope of protecting patients. These mandates need to be met to stay in business. But is that enough? Half the world does not have these laws, and counterfeiters and purveyors of grey goods don’t play by the rules. In order to keep your customers safe, you need to make your serialisation solution work harder. Your real focus needs to be on thwarting piracy and falsified medicines. In this talk, we will:

    • Expose the reasons why you need to go above and beyond just a serialisation strategy
    • Reveal a non-additive, non-duplicative approach to protect your brand equity, reputation for quality, and most importantly -- patient safety
    • Share real challenges and solutions that have already been implemented and prove end-to-end product authenticity across the supply chain

    Trevor Willis

    Trevor Willis Regional Brand Protection Manager
     SYSTECH EUROPE

    Alastair Taylor

    Alastair Taylor Director of Sales
     SYSTECH EUROPE

  • 11:20

  • Understanding illicit markets and establishing strategic responses to disrupt the threats that supply them

    • Supply and demand drivers
    • Synergies between illicit drug markets and counterfeit pharmaceuticals
    • Strategic response design and delivery

    Tony Saggers

    Tony Saggers (Former Head of Drugs Threat & Intelligence - National Crime Agency)
     Director and Consultant, StraTac Logical Limited

REGULATORY, COMPLIANCE AND IP

  • 11:50

  • Pharmaceutical Trade, Theft, and Counterfeit Exposures

    Cargo theft and diversion can often lead to the presence of unlicensed, dangerous, and counterfeit pharmaceuticals. Most pharmaceutical companies don’t have adequate safeguards in place to prevent this from happening – join us to learn more about developing programs and implementing best practices to secure your supply chain, as well as:

    • Which regions, countries, and drugs face the greatest risk of diversion and theft
    • How to assess and mitigate risks, and prevent theft and diversion

    David Fairnie

    David Fairnie Principal Consultant - Supply Chain Security
     BSI Supply Chain Services and Solutions

  • 12:20

  • How the Internet is used by the criminal networks, what are the current trends and what companies can do to disrupt this activity

    Stephen Truick

    Stephen Truick Director - Internet Infrastructure Investigation
     Former Consultant Internet Infrastructure Manager, MHRA

  • 12:50

  • Networking & Luncheon

  • 13:30

  • The global plague of fake medicines: Public health and economic consequences. Sanofi’ commitment into the fight

    Geoffroy Bessaud

    Geoffroy Bessaud Associate Vice-President, Corporate anti-counterfeiting coordination
     Sanofi

  • 14:00

  • The importance of rigorous computer system validation testing and staff training in meeting the regulatory requirements of the EU FMD, DSCSA and other global regulations

    Mark Lund-Conlon

    Mark Lund-Conlon CSV Specialist
     Catalent Pharma Solutions

  • 14:30

  • Fighting fakes by raising public awareness

    • Legitimate vs Illegitimate supply chain
    • The rising threat of websites selling falsified medicines – tackling the supply side
    • Raising public awareness to tackle the demand side – who has a stake?

    Mike Isles

    Mike Isles Executive Director
     The European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines

  • 15:00

  • Afternoon Tea/Coffee

  • 15:20

  • Fighting Pharmaceutical Crime with an Intelligence Led Strategy – The Novartis approach

    Stanislas Barro

    Stanislas Barro Global Head Anti-counterfeiting
     Novartis

  • 15:50

  • Case Study: How Roche manages confirmed counterfeit cases at a worldwide level. From the information about a counterfeit case to the answer given to Health Authorities and potential field actions or initiation of a criminal investigation.

    Hugues Isel

    Hugues Isel Head of Global Complaint Management Europe
     F.Hoffmann-La Roche

  • 16:20

  • Panel Discussion: Creating a joint anti-counterfeiting approach - Enhancing a coherent relationship between all stakeholders of both private and public sector

    To fight against product counterfeiting, the brand owners, law enforcement agencies, industry associations, service providers, government agencies and others should come together sharing their ideas and perspective

    • What needs to be done to collaborate at all levels – Regional, National and International
    • Harmonizing the legal framework for anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy
    • How are Interpol, Europol and the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime are fighting against counterfeiting?
    • Role of the international organizations (WHO, WIPO, WTO etc.) in preventing the counterfeit medicines entry into the world markets

    Jeremy Newman

    Jeremy Newman (Chair of EU Anticounterfeiting subcommittee (2016-17), International Trademark Association)
     Principal, Rouse Consultancy

    Tony Saggers

    Tony Saggers (Former Head of Drugs Threat & Intelligence - National Crime Agency)
     Director and Consultant, StraTac Logical Limited

    Stephen Truick

    Stephen Truick Director - Internet Infrastructure Investigation
     Former Consultant Internet Infrastructure Manager, MHRA

    Nick Matthew

    Nick Matthew Head of Operations
     FACT

    Stephen Wilkins

    Stephen Wilkins CEO
     Davies Development and Testing

  • 17:00

  • Chairperson’s closing remarks

    Tony Saggers

    Tony Saggers (Former Head of Drugs Threat & Intelligence - National Crime Agency)
     Director and Consultant, StraTac Logical Limited

  • 17:10

  • Networking Drinks Session

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