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Pharmacovigilance
15 March - 16 March 2010
Pharmacovigilance

The importance of developing effective pharmacovigilance systems has been fuelled by an increased focus on drug safety and the ever-changing regulatory environment. SAE Media Group’s inaugural Pharmacovigilance conference will explore key issues such as inspections, risk management, the use of Independent Data Monitoring Committees and establishing relationships with regulatory bodies. Attend and gain insights that will enhance your management skills and facilitate a more successful drug development strategy.

  • Andrew P Marr, Director, Global e-Regulatory Development, Global Regulatory Operations, GlaxoSmithKline
  • Jacques Wodelet, Head of Quality Intelligence, Merck Serono

Conference agenda

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8:30

Welcome and Housekeeping notices

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8:40

Individual objectives for the Workshop

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8:50

Icebreaker activity

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9:10

Inspection Readiness – preparing for the Inspection

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9:50

STOP!! Just a minute!!!

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10:05

How to manage the Inspection

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11:00

STOP AGAIN!! Just a minute!!!

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11:15

Coffee break

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11:30

After the Inspection: what next?

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12:00

Workshop Summary and key learnings

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12:15

Workshop follow-up

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12:20

Q&A

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12:30

Close of workshop

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8:30

Registration and coffee

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9:00

Chairman's opening remarks

William Maier

William Maier, Vice President, Epidemiology, Drug Safety and Risk Management, MAPI-EPI

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9:10

OPTIMISING PHYSICIANS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS IN GLOBAL PHARMACOVIGILANCE

John Drake

John Drake, Safety Operations Physician Manager, F. Hoffmann-La Roche

  • A vital colleague accountable for the medical cohesiveness of ICSRs
  • Providing clinical judgment to colleagues responsible for case processing activities
  • Understanding the product profile and actively supporting safety teams
  • Establishing a collaborative environment between safety operations, safety science and clinical science
  • Safety physicians role in leading the risk management activities
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    9:50

    POST MARKETING DRUG SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT – THE NEW REALITY

    William Maier

    William Maier, Vice President, Epidemiology, Drug Safety and Risk Management, MAPI-EPI

  • Regulatory – Requirements and Strategic Consideration
  • Signal Generation – Case Investigation, Trials, Spontaneous Events, Databases, Data Mining
  • Signal Investigation – Study Designs and Resources
  • Comparison of Methods Used at Different Stages of Drug Development
  • Risk Management Planning – US/EU Regulations, Tools and Strategy
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    10:30

    Morning coffee

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    11:00

    THE ICH INDIVIDUAL CASE SAFETY REPORT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AHEAD: WHY AND HOW?

    Andrew Marr

    Andrew Marr, Director, Global e-Regulatory Development, Global Regulatory Operations, GlaxoSmithKline

  • Transition of the ICH standard from 'home-grown' to an international standard
  • Rationale for the change - collaboration with HL7/ISO/CEN
  • Changes anticipated and associated timelines
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    11:40

    SAFETY SPECIFICATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT: THE ROLE OF THE RESEARCHER

    Saad Shakir

    Saad Shakir, Director, The Drug Safety Research Unit

  • How to develop safety specification and identify issues and missing information
  • The role of drug utilisation studies to support risk management
  • Pharmacoepidemiological studies
  • Monitoring the effectiveness of risk management
  • Case studies
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    12:20

    Networking lunch

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    13:50

    INTERNAL AUDIT STRATEGY FOR PHARMACOVIGILANCE

    Benoit Nauge

    Benoit Nauge, Senior Manager, Compliance GRDC - Global Compliance Auditing, Amgen

  • How to define and maintain the audit universe
  • The risk-based approach in practice
  • Creating and validating the audit plan
  • Implementing the audit plan
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    14:30

    PLANNING FOR HL7

    Simon Sparkes

    Simon Sparkes, Vice President, Europe, ArisGlobal

  • Overview of requirements
  • Timelines
  • Impact on safety systems and electronic reporting
  • Implementation planning
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    15:10

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    DRUG SAFETY: A VIEW FROM A PHARMACOVIGILANCE REGIONAL CENTRE

    Alfonso Carvajal

    Alfonso Carvajal, Professor of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Valladolid

  • Spontaneous reporting
  • Signal follow-up
  • Case/non-case approach
  • Causality reasoning in pharmacovigilance
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    16:20

    DEVELOPING A PROACTIVE APPROACH TOWARD INSPECTIONS

    Jacques Wodelet

    Jacques Wodelet, Global Head of Quality Intelligence and Consultation, Merck-Serono

  • Inspection Objectives
  • Visual Thinking and process mapping
  • Categories of individuals
  • Inspection readiness
  • Technical and financial aspects
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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    8:30

    Registration and Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's opening remarks

    Ralph Edwards

    Ralph Edwards, Medical Advisor, Uppsala Monitoring Centre

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    9:10

    CIOMS VIII: SIGNALS AND BEYOND

    Ralph Edwards

    Ralph Edwards, Medical Advisor, Uppsala Monitoring Centre

  • Role of Council for Organisations of Medical Sciences
  • Impending publication of CIOMS VIII
  • Data-mining of longitudinal health care records
  • Risks and benefits
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    9:50

    QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN PHARMACOVIGILANCE

    Lucy  Hampshire

    Lucy Hampshire, Quality Manager, Global Patient Safety Division, Eli Lilly

  • What system should be in place to support pharmacovigilance legislation and guidelines?
  • Essential features of a robust quality management system
  • Quality oversight at both a global and local marketing affiliate level
  • Internal audits of a pharmacovigilance system
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    10:30

    Morning coffee

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    11:00

    OPTIMISING THE BENEFIT/RISK PROFILE WITH EFFECTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT PLANNING THROUGHOUT DRUG DEVELOPMENT

    Sian Ratcliffe

    Sian Ratcliffe, Senior Director, Safety and Risk Management Lead, Pfizer

  • Risk Prediction in early development
  • Risk identification and mitigation in mid and late development
  • Safety review/analysis plans
  • Regulatory Expectations and Interactions, REMS and RMPs
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    11:40

    CASE STUDY

    Petra Heyen

    Petra Heyen, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Pharmacovigilance, Therabel Pharma

  • Legal background
  • Implementation of a pharmacovigilance system in a small European company
  • Increasing efficiency in a standardised global pharmacovigilance process
  • What worked well
  • Opportunities for improvement
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    12:20

    Networking lunch

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    13:50

    DRUG SAFETY IN THE CONTEXT OF CLINICAL TRIALS

    Ian Ford

    Ian Ford, Director, Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow

  • Importance of IDMC make-up and charter
  • Roles of IDMCs in phases I/II/III
  • Optimising IDMC reports
  • Potential for low-cost large randomised drug safety trials in phase IV
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    14:30

    FINDING THE WOOD AMONGST THE TREES – HOW TO EVALUATE A POTENTIAL SAFETY SIGNAL

  • Whether a signal is real or not
  • Including the Bradford Hill Criteria
  • Graphical representations of data
  • Making a decision
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    15:10

    INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY DIVERSITY FACING GLOBAL PHARMACOVIGILANCE

    Helen Usmar

    Helen Usmar, Independent Pharmaceutical Consultant and Company Director, PharmaTracks

  • International regulatory differences for global products
  • Global roles - the role of the EU Qualified Person for Pharacovigilance
  • Global risk management
  • A Global PSUR - a possibility?
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    15:50

    Chairman's Closing Remarks

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    16:00

    Afternoon Tea and Close of Conference

    Workshops

    Pharmacovigilance Inspections: A Practical Approach

    Pharmacovigilance Inspections: A Practical Approach

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    17 March 2010
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