SMi Group announces the return of its 11th annual Pharmaceutical Logistics conference to London on the 18th- 19th May 2017. Outsourcing logistics tasks to third parties has been observed as an emerging trend in the global market and it is only expected to gain momentum in the coming years

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CHAIRS FOR 2017:
• Tony Wright, CEO, Exelsius
• Bob Hayes, Director, Seer Pharma
EXPERT SPEAKER PANEL INCLUDE:
• Glen Hodgson, Head of Healthcare, GS1
• Jim Shaw, Head of Sourcing & Supply, AstraZeneca
• Rebecca Jackson, VR/IWR Manager,
Randomisation and Trial Supply Services,
Johnson and Johnson
• Jasmin Hellwig, Senior Comparator Specialist,
Merck, Sharp and Dohme
• Mark Champ, Logistics Supervisor, GSK
• Gaetano Carubia, TSMS Control Strategy & Process
Monitoring Consultant, Eli Lilly
• Chris Wallace, Senior Director International Supply
Chain, Sanofi Genzyme
• Jason Breakwell, Vice Chairman, TAPA
KEY BENEFITS FOR 2017:
• Gain key regulatory updates and effects of the
newly-implemented EU GDP Guidelines
• Explore the impact of the Falsified Medicines
Directive to the supply chain
• Find out more about the latest innovations in
technology and their applications in clinical trial
logistics
• Discuss approaches to supply chain visibility and
anti-counterfeiting technology
• Discover time and temperature controlled risk
strategies
• Join insightful discussions on pharmaceutical
logistics in emerging markets
18TH - 19TH
MAY
2017
COPTHORNE TARA HOTEL, KENSINGTON, LONDON, UK
SMi Presents the 11th annual conference and exhibition on…
Pharmaceutical
Logistics
Transforming supply chain visibility and management
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2. Pharmaceutical Logistics
Day One | Monday 18th May 2017 www.pharmaceutical-logistics.com
08.30 Registration & Coffee
09.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Tony Wright, CEO, Exelsius
MEETING THE DEMANDS OF TEMPERATURE REGULATION AND WAREHOUSING
09.10 Update on IATA’s Pharma Handling Certification Program CEIV
• discussion on how to improve the level of competency,
operational and technical preparedness for temperature-
sensitive air freight shipments
• What the IATA CEIV Pharma certification program entails
and how it can revolutionise your distribution strategy
• How to approach the issue of the pharma cargo
community collaboration and its present global status
• What the organisation does, how it does it and why it
does it
Francisco Rizzuto, Cargo Specialist Manager, IATA
(International Air Transport Association)
09.50 Shipping GSK’s Crown Jewels, frozen by sea
• How to ship high value discovery samples from Spain to
the US
• Saving more than £250K- how we accomplished this
• Experience of damping the temperature fluctuation
associated with the defrost cycle for the reefer
Mark Champ, Logistics Supervisor, GSK
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 Optimising warehouse management
• Moving from 20th to 21st century in material management
and storage
• Technology enabled solutions to ensure accuracy of
inventory, compliance and control
• Three joint changes – new facility, new skills and new
improved process
Jim Shaw, Head of Sourcing & Supply, AstraZeneca
11.40 Qualification of ocean shipments of temperature sensitive
products
• Case study on the qualification exercise we are currently
working on
• Brief background into containers and affect they have on
shipping
• How to develop a robust qualification strategy - the steps
we took to ensure this
• An example of an ocean shipping route and loading plan
• Examples of shipping studies, Process Flow and good
practices when monitoring, shock/ vibration
Gaetano Carubia, TSMS Control Strategy & Process Monitoring
Consultant, Eli Lilly
12.20 Networking Lunch
CHALLENGES WITHIN CLINICAL TRIAL LOGISTICS
13.30 The Impact of Innovation… on the patient, the clinical trial,
the technology, and you
• The increased use of technology in healthcare and what it
means for the patient
• What exactly is ‘innovation’ when applied to clinical
research, and are we really doing it?
• The technical implications of innovation
• How to embrace change and be an Innovation Leader
Rebecca Jackson, Senior Manager, Solution Architecture,
Johnson and Johnson
14.10 Leveraging demand forecasting to optimise supply flow
• Approaches to effective demand planning strategies
• Methods to facilitate short term supply mitigation
• Offshoring of supply chain processes to Bangalore
Juan Francisco del Castillo Mazzini, Senior Supply Chain
Consultant, Novo Nordisk
14.50 Afternoon Tea
15.20 Sourcing comparators for Chinese clinical supplies
• Scenarios in sourcing comparators clinical supplies
- China as case study
• Approaches to maintaining flexibility while matching supply
and demand
• Challenges involved in outsourcing comparator drug
sourcing - what are the ways around this?
• Ways to increase speed of supply
Jasmin Hellwig, Senior Comparator Specialist, MSD
16.00 GDP – Stop talking, more action
• How to implement GDP and work with key stakeholders to
ensure a compliant and secure supply chain
• Case study (Implementing a global GDP complaint QMS for
a 3PL provider
• Developing good relationships and a collaborative
approach to compliance
Amy Shortman, CEO, ASC Associates
16.40 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
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3. Pharmaceutical Logistics
www.pharmaceutical-logistics.com Day Two | Tuesday 19th May 2017
08.30 Registration & Coffee
09.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Bob Hayes, Director, Seer Pharma
STRATEGIES TO MAINTAIN SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY, VISIBILITY AND
ANTI-COUNTERFEITING
OPENING ADDRESS
09.10 An approach to global supply chain security in the
pharmaceutical industry
• How a pharmaceutical company with a global supply
chain designs and manages its security system to mitigate
the risk of physical damage, diversion, temperature
excursion, bribery and corruption
• Using internal and external networks as well as technology
the presentation highlights the need for a multi-layered
approach
• Demonstrate case studies where incidents occurred
and what the corrective actions were to mitigate
re-occurrences. This will include looking at investigations
such as paper trails, CCTV footage and forensic analysis to
identify the root cause of the incident
• Supply chain routes by road air and sea
Tom Cochrane, Head of Security Operations, Mundipharma
09.50 GS1 standards – a critical tool in the fight against
counterfeiting
• Standards as a tool to prevent counterfeiting
• Regulatory bodies taking action
• Authentication or traceability – Europe & the world
Glen Hodgson, Head of healthcare, GS1
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 The impact of the Falsified Medicines Directive to the supply
chain
• Falsified Medicines Directive & Delegated Regulation
• Development of European Medicines Verification Systems
• The cost implications for the operators
• Status of national implementation and latest developments
Martin FitzGerald, Deputy Director General, European
Healthcare Distribution Association (GIRP)
11.40 How TAPA mitigates supply chain security risks
• Identification & evaluation of supply chain Risks
• Intelligence analysis
• Mitigation measures for facilities and transportation
• Collaborative approaches
Jason Breakwell, Vice Chairman, Transported Asset Protection
Association (TAPA)
12.20 Networking Lunch
REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS
13.30 Developing Time and temperature controlled supply chain
risk strategies for emerging markets: Dedicated to Eurasia and
Middle East
• What makes emerging markets different?
• What are the specific challenges? By region
• What has been Sanofi Genzyme’s approach?
• How has Sanofi Genzyme mitigated the risk(s)?
• What can you do to mitigate your risks?
Chris Wallace, Senior Director International Supply Chain,
Sanofi Genzyme
14.10 Risk Management – Back to Basics
• The regulatory requirement for risk-based approach to GDP
compliance
• Why managing risk efficiently and effectively is good for
business
• Industry trends – FMEA, the preferred methodology
• An FMEA model that works!
Bob Hayes, Director, Seer Pharma
14.50 Afternoon Tea
15.20 Maintaining control and managing supplies to the patients
• Control of movement of supplies to depots and study sites
• Global Shipment Integration
• Monitoring trends in shipping lanes
• Personal experiences of visiting a study site
Details to be confirmed
16.00 Temperature mapping in the Ambient Environment
• Requirements and guidance.
• Types of ambient areas to be mapped; static and mobile
• Temperature logger placement; rationale and practical
applications
• Real example graph profiles
• The control measures used
Chris Bell, Director, TEDAC
16.40 Chairman’s closing remarks and close of day two
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