Supply Chain Integrity Workshop

Overview

As the pharmaceutical supply chain grows increasingly complex, and the risks to drug quality and safety correspondingly proliferate, more attention and resources are being focused on securing the materials and assuring their authenticity and integrity as they make their way through the supply chain.  USP is developing a new informational/non-mandatory general chapter, <1083> Good Distribution Practices—Supply Chain Integrity, which will be published in Pharmacopeial Forum 38(2), March–April, 2012 and posted on the USP website approximately January 1, 2012. This new chapter offers recommended best practices for industry to help ensure the integrity of key areas of the supply chain; collect widely dispersed information; and ultimately protect consumers from poor-quality and counterfeit medicines. The workshop will provide a forum for discussing comments received related to <1083>, gaining further industry insight and perspectives, and focusing future USP initiatives.

FDA's Ilisa B.G. Bernstein, Pharm.D., J.D., describes supply chain integrity; the challenges brought about by the globalization of the pharmaceutical industry; the role of track-and-trace technology; and the multi-layered approach proposed in USP's new general chapter on supply chain integrity.

 

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Objectives of the Workshop

  1. Discuss the breadth of current issues, regulations and solutions
  2. Obtain additional perspectives and input for USP General Chapter <1083> and its improvement
  3. Identify opportunities and discuss USP's role in supply chain integrity for assuring the quality of medicines
  4. Foster conversation among stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry on strategies to improve supply chain integrity

Preliminary Agenda 

When: May 22–23, 2012

Where: USP Headquarters, Meetings Center, Rockville, MD

Registration Fees & Information

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  • Early Bird: If registered on or before April 20:Industry—$595; Association/Academia/Government—$395
  • Regular: Industry—$695, Association/Academia/Government—$495
  • Group discounts: Available for three or more attendees from the same company. Contact conferences@usp.org for details.

Registration fee includes full two-day program, meeting materials, continental breakfast and lunch each day, and a networking reception.

Accommodations:
A block of rooms at the special rate of $191 per night is being held at the Hilton Washington, D.C./Rockville Hotel. Call 1-800-HILTONS and request group code SUP (for SUPPLY CHAIN). Rooms are available on a first come, first serve basis.

Who Should Participate:
Stakeholders interested in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain:

  • Regulators
  • Repackagers
  • Logistics & Transportation Professionals
  • Wholesalers/Distributors
  • Standard-setting Organizations
  • Manufacturers
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians
  • Other Interested Parties

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