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European Wholesale and Distribution in the Pharmaceutical Industry
18 November - 19 November 2002
European Wholesale and Distribution in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Benefits of Attending
  • · Learn from leading experts in the field
  • · Understand the supply chain management
  • · Identify the opportunities, threats and challenges in wholesale and distribution
  • · Find out about the parallel trade within the single market
  • · Take advantage of the networking opportunities
  • · Meet the key decision makers

    A unique opportunity to learn from leading industry experts including:

  • Manuel Plaza, Secretary Director, Suppliers Relation, Alliance UniChem
  • Liam Fitzgerald, Chief Executive, United Drug
  • Birgitta Keenan, Customer Operations Manager, Pharmacia
  • Mehernosh Lentin, European Supply Chain Director, Baxter
  • Max Evans, Managing Director, Farillon
  • Murray Clark, Customer Services Executive, International Healthcare Distributors
  • Daniel Scheidegger, Vice President, Operations & Managing Director, Genzyme
  • Georg Muller, Regional Sales Manager, Knapp Logistik Automation
  • Giuseppe Scrofina, Head, International Relations, Associazione Distributori Farmaceutici A.D.F. (Italy)
  • Conference agenda

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    9:30

    Registration and Coffee

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    9:45

    Introductions

  • Parallel Trade
  • Definition of Parallel Trade in European Pharmaceutical Environment
  • The landscape, who can own what, and who can do what in Europe?
  • What drives it, and how fast is it growing?
  • How is it for you as, a Regulator, a Pharmacist, a Wholesaler, a Manufacturer, or a Patient?
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    10:00

    The typical responses, how successful are they

  • Pricing
  • Regulatory distinctions
  • Formulation/Product distinctions
  • Rationing or service agreements
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:15

    Possible strategies to manage the impact

  • Intelligence gathering
  • Demand Management
  • Channel and Relationship Management
  • Pricing for optimum profit
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    12:15

    Discussion and questions – review of the session

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    12:30

    Lunch

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    13:30

    What did we expect from the single currency…

  • Efficiencies
  • Transparency
  • Cost savings
  • Levelling of prices
  • …and what did we get?
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    14:30

    How has this influenced trade with markets outside the Euro zone?

  • EU countries
  • Switzerland
  • Central and Eastern Europe
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    15:30

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:45

    Simulations

  • How can we be sure that we make the best decisions in such a complex environment?
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    17:30

    Discussion and questions – review of the session

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    8:30

    Registration and Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Julian Fifield

    Julian Fifield, Director, e-Health Strategy, Rx-e

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    9:10

    KEYNOTE ADDRESS

    Max Evans

    Max Evans, Managing Director, Farillon

  • Efficient distribution strategies/methods
  • Providing a unique service to improve drug supply
  • Guidance on cost-effectiveness
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    9:40

    FACTORS AFFECTING PHARMACEUTICAL DISTRIBUTION

    Murray Clark

    Murray Clark, Customer Services Executive, International Healthcare Distributors

  • The status of the market
  • The structure of the market
  • Changing regulations
  • Changing demands
  • Challenges for distribution partners
  • Overcoming challenges - Adding value to manufacturers - Differentiation
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    10:20

    IMPLEMENTING A SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY

    Manuel Plaza

    Manuel Plaza, Secretary Director, Suppliers Relation, Alliance UniChem

    Sue O’Donnell

    Sue O’Donnell, New Business Opportunities Director, Alliance UniChem

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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    SHORTAGE OF SUPPLY

    Mehernosh Lentin

    Mehernosh Lentin, European Supply Chain Director, Baxter

  • Informing customers of any shortages
  • Contingency planning
  • Increased demand
  • Improving communication
  • Storage issues
  • Packaging issues
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    12:00

    BEYOND FOURTH PARTY FULFILMENT

    Joel Segal

    Joel Segal, Fulfilment & Logistics Leader, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

  • The evolution of traditional outsourcing to value added service provider type models
  • Determining SC capabilities that generate revenue (beyond outsourcing!)
  • Developing service provider business model options
  • Selecting service provider business model options
  • Determining industry focused supply chain joint operating model
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    12:40

    Lunch

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    14:00

    INCREASING COST EFFICIENCY

    Birgitta Keenan

    Birgitta Keenan, Customer Operations Manager, Pharmacia

  • Implementing effective sales and operations planning
  • Integrating efficient supply chain processes
  • Approach for building loyalty
  • Staying in control
  • Appropriate methods
  • Overcoming challenges
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    14:40

    E-PROCUREMENT

    Ulrike Kreysa

    Ulrike Kreysa, Business Analyst, Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX)

  • Current developments in the supply chain
  • Dealing with the customers’ paint points
  • Integration into ERP systems
  • Catalogue validation processes
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    15:20

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    THE POWER OF SIX SIGMA®

    Augustin Rojas

    Augustin Rojas, Vice President, Motorola University Consulting Services, Motorola

  • The benefits of the Six Sigma methodology for achieving measurable business process improvement
  • Methods and tools to maximise process efficiencies in the pharmaceutical industry
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    16:20

    THE NEW ONE TO ONE -E- INNOVATION IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAIN

    Julian Fifield

    Julian Fifield, Director, e-Health Strategy, Rx-e

  • Pharma solutions to the supply chain need to change
  • Healthcare systems are gearing up for electronic trading
  • New trading relationships are emerging in the value chain
  • Square the circle – improve quality, drive down costs, add new value
  • The new one to one?
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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    8:30

    Re-registration and Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Joel Segal

    Joel Segal, Fulfilment & Logistics Leader, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

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    9:10

    DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES OF EFFICIENT ORDER PICKING IN PHARMACEUTICAL WHOLESALING

    Georg Muller

    Georg Muller, Regional Sales Manager, Knapp Logistik Automation

  • Demands and goals of operational management in pharmaceutical wholesaling
  • Different warehouse areas related to throughput requirements
  • Available solutions
  • Future warehousing strategies
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    9:40

    PARALLEL TRADE IN EUROPE

    Rob Whewell

    Rob Whewell, Managing Consultant, PA Consulting Group

  • Parallel imports to facilitate price competition
  • Price discrimination and consumer protection
  • Restrictions on parallel imports at national level
  • Mergers within Europe
  • Customer relationships
  • Is a single price in Europe a good thing?
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    10:20

    CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

    Mark Lubbock

    Mark Lubbock, Partner, Ashurst Morris Crisp

  • What is a ‘parallel’ product?
  • ‘Generics’ as against ‘Parallels’
  • Recent European court cases
  • Avoidance strategies – do’s and don’ts
  • Problems from enlargement
  • Current EU negotiations
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    WHOLESALE/DISTRIBUTION OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH

    Louis Rontgen

    Louis Rontgen, Managing Director, Aptekor Wholesale

  • The present situation
  • Price policies: present and future
  • Regulatory effect on the market
  • Parallel import/exportation
  • Opportunities
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    12:00

    PHARMA-WHOLESALING IN SOUTHERN EUROPE

    Giuseppe Scrofina

    Giuseppe Scrofina, Head, International Relations, Associazione Distributori Farmaceutici A.D.F. (Italy)

  • Wholesaling, a saturated market, with many small and medium sized companies and few pan-European groups
  • Wholesalers in Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal
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    12:40

    Lunch

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    DEVELOPING A COMPLIANCE STRATEGY FOR SOURCING ACTIVE INGREDIENTS

    Daniel Scheidegger

    Daniel Scheidegger, Vice President, Operations & Managing Director, Genzyme

  • Reasons and products to work with suppliers
  • Outsourcing challenges
  • Legal requirements around outsourcing
  • Supplier qualification and quality of sourcing
  • Surveillance of the supplier
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    14:20

    GUIDELINES ON GOOD DISTRIBUTION PRACTICES

    Dr Carol McCall

    Dr Carol McCall, Corporate Marketing & Quality Manager, Alloga

  • Pan-European distribution strategies
  • Choosing local or regional infrastructure
  • Implementing pan-European quality standards
  • Barriers to cross border distribution
  • Challenges of maintaining availability of essential drugs
  • Using drug distribution channels to add value to your customers
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    15:00

    CASE STUDY

    Liam Fitzgerald

    Liam Fitzgerald, Chief Executive, United Drug

  • Overview of the Group
  • From wholesaler to full service supplier
  • Not just distributor but business partner
  • Manufacturer to patient – fully integrated supply chain
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    15:40

    Afternoon Tea

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    PHARMACY BUYING GROUPS & SYMBOL GROUPS IN EUROPE

    Philip Derbaix

    Philip Derbaix, Managing Director, Europe, A & D Associates

  • Development phases of pharmacy groups
  • Issues surrounding the pharmacy groups
  • Relationships with wholesalers and manufacturers
  • Key success factors of pharmacy groups
  • The future of the independent pharmacist
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    16:40

    MAIL-ORDER PHARMACIES – A DISASTER?

    Martin Ludwichowski

    Martin Ludwichowski, Managing Director, Florian Mueller Holding

  • Differences between both channels
  • Mail-order – a loss of quality?
  • Who are the customers?
  • The impact of the internet
  • Cross border selling
  • Who are the drivers of the new channel?
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    17:20

    Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

    Workshops

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    Parallel Trade and the Single Currency

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