2009 Autumn Symposium Programme

9.00am Arrival, Registration, Coffee & Tea

9.45am Chairman’s Welcome & Introduction

Allan Karr, Chairman
Roger Tredree, Facilitator

10.00am Advanced medicinal products – the new Paradigm

• What are advanced medicine products?

• How are they going to be licensed?

• What are the implications for pharmacy and procurement?

Dr Sharon Longhurst, Senior Pharmaceutical Assessor, Biologicals Unit, MHRA

10.45am International Trading – The Real Story

• What are the drivers?

• Trends in international trading

• Impact on the EU supply chain

Paul Crowley, Senior Manager, Supplier Relations and Services, IMS Health UK

11.20am Tea/Coffee

11.50am Topical updates

(1) Medicines Home Care Market

Allan Karr, Chairman, NHMC


(2) Procurement and the Professional Leadership Body

Ian Simpson, CEO, College of Pharmacy Practice


(3) Use of third party suppliers in the medicines supply chain

Tom Gray, Chief Pharmacist, Royal Derby Hospital

1.00pm Lunch

2.10pm PDIG Award
Howard Tebby, Pfizer

2.15pm Purchasing for Safety: Injectable Medicines (PDIG Award winner)

• What is happening to the NPSA - Alert 2?

• Progress with the National Advisory Board

• How to make injectable medicines safer?

Dr Clare Crowley, Medicines Safety & Vascular Surgery Pharmacist, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust

2.45pm Supplier Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)

• How can we improve quality standards?

• KPI’s in contract adjudication

Jane Page, Principal Pharmacist, Medicines Procurement, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

3.15pm Lessons Learned from the Swine Flu Pandemic

• What was planned for the flu pandemic?

• What is happening?

• How can we improve?

Margaret Dolan, Pharmacy Adviser, Pharmacologistics, National Procurement, Scotland

4.00pm Summary and close

Allan Karr, Chairman
Procurement & Distribution Interest Group (PDIG)