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Cold Chain Distribution
5 December - 6 December 2011
Cold Chain Distribution

 Europe's Leading Cold Chain Conference  

SAE Media Group proudly presents its 6th annual Cold Chain Distribution conference to be held in London on Monday 5th & Tuesday 6th of December 2011. This conference follows on from SAE Media Group’s previous highly successful Cold Chain Distribution events and offers the opportunity to keep up-to-date with the latest regulations, challenges and solutions that you need to know about for successful and cost-effective cold chain distribution

The cold chain is critical in the transportation and logistical organisation of pharmaceutical drugs and products. The cold chain is the supply and distribution network within a Pharma company that deals with movement of product which needs to be keep secure in a temperature controlled environment.

This conference will address and explore key issues such as security, wholesaler monitoring, contingency planning, protection against counterfeiting and how to deal with new regulations. Learn how to maximise efficiency and profitability from case study examples and expert presentations.

New for 2011; This conference will also address Temperature Control Management. This year, the conference will not only tackle issues surrounding effective management of your cold chain distribution network but the new and increasingly important issue of Controlled Room Temperature management and regulations. Many of the lessons learned from the cold chain can be applied to CRT management and this is the ideal opportunity to learn about transferable experiences and skills. 

"The CTM industry has been estimated at $50 billion worldwide, the majority of which is biotech-based. Even if this stays flat through 2011, the total value of cold chain product shipments for life sciences will be nearly $246 billion in 2011" - source: www.pharmaceuticalcommerce.com

 

 

Join this year's attendees from companies including:

AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Biocair International Ltd, Cemafroid, Cold Chain Consultants, Elpro-Buchs AG, Exelsius Cold Chain Management, Farma Mondo SA, Genzyme Ltd, GeoStasis Ltd, GlaxoSAE Media Groupthkline, GS1 UK, Healthcare At Home Ltd, IATA, Intellectual Ventures Laboratory, Intelleflex, Kuehne + Nagel Ltd, Laminar Medica Ltd, Marken Limited, Movianto UK, Norgine Ltd, PDP Couriers, Perrigo, Pfizer, QuickSTAT, Roche Products, Sensitech EMEA, Topa Packaging, World Courier

 

Delegate reviews of last year's conference included;

"An excellent overview of the challenges associated with cold chain management"

"The quality of presentations and speakers were very good.  I am very glad I came."

"Very good new subjects"

 

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Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Sue Lee

Sue Lee, Manager BioPharm Systems R&D, World Courier

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9:10

Passive Shipper Qualification – A bracketing Approach

Royce Heap

Royce Heap, Cold Chain Specialist, Pfizer

• Grouping similar lanes over a summer/winter period
• Bracketing multiple lanes for a single set of qualification data
• Adding lanes without performing additional qualification
• What to do when things go wrong (off-loads/delays)
• Quick, visual,  determination of shipper performance within a lane

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9:50

Why should I blow my budget on a specialist courier?

Sue Lee

Sue Lee, Manager BioPharm Systems R&D, World Courier

A conversation between Finance and Quality to make the best decisions about using a clinical trials transport budget

This will consider what to take into account for:

• Difficult and Emerging Markets
• Temperature Controlled Shipments
• Controlled Drugs
• Biologics and Biomarkers

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10:30

Morning Coffee

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11:00

Pharmaceuticals cold chain guidelines update

Eric Devin

Eric Devin, Development managing director, Cemafroid

• International transport under controlled temperature for pharmaceuticals
• Last km of pharmaceuticals cold chain
• Certification initiatives and frames for pharmaceuticals cold chain
• Sustainability of pharmaceuticals cold chain
 

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11:40

Predictive risk-based supply modelling in clinical trials

Vladimir Anisimov

Vladimir Anisimov, Senior Director Research Statistics Unit, GlaxoSmithkline

• Main uncertainties and risks in CT supply chain process
• Predictive patient recruitment modelling tool
• Risk-based supply predictive modelling
• Software tools for supply modelling

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12:20

Networking Lunch

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13:30

Cold Chain Distribution in Clinical Home Care

Chris Carver

Chris Carver, Director of Logistics, Healthcare at Home Ltd

• Overview of clinical home care
• The scale of the cold chain distribution challenge
• Benefits to Pharma, patients & healthcare providers

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14:10

Data Management in Cold Chain

Alois Bischof

Alois Bischof, President & CEO, Elpro-Buchs AG


• Why is it important to collect and manage the temperature data coming from cold chain monitoring?
• What are the challenges with data management in Cold Chain?
• What are the solution approaches and what are the advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches?
• "Big Pharma best practice example": Monitoring and data management process in a complex supply chain

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15:10

Afternoon Tea

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15:40

Panel Discussion: Emerging regulatory temperature monitoring requirements for non cold chain products

• Discussion on regulatory expectations-

o Which regulators are active in this area?
o What is in / out of scope?


• Approaches to managing the requirements

• What to do with data that has not been collected before & dealing with ‘excursions’

Stephen Mitchell

Stephen Mitchell, Quality & Compliance Manager, Supply Chain Logistics, GlaxoSmithKline

• Discussion on regulatory expectations-

o Which regulators are active in this area?
o What is in / out of scope?


• Approaches to managing the requirements

• What to do with data that has not been collected before & dealing with ‘excursions’

Sue Lee

Sue Lee, Manager BioPharm Systems R&D, World Courier

Andrea Graf-Gruber

Andrea Graf-Gruber, Manager Business Process & Standards, IATA

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17:00

Chairman’s Closing Remarks

Sue Lee

Sue Lee, Manager BioPharm Systems R&D, World Courier

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17:10

Drinks Reception - Hosted by World Courier

Sponsored by:

Please join us for a drinks reception immediately after the last presentation on the first day.  This will be a relaxed and social setting for you to network with delegates and sponsors, to follow up any questions you may have with speakers, and to meet some of the SMi team responsible for organising the event

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18:40

Close of Day One

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Tony Wright

Tony Wright, Managing Director, Exelsius Cold Chain Management

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9:10

Management of transportation of temperature sensitive goods

Andrea Graf-Gruber

Andrea Graf-Gruber, Manager Business Process & Standards, IATA

• From Guidance to Regulation – how has this been achieved?
• Importance of Standards – IATA development of a standard label
• What are the challenges and how are these addressed?
• The way forward and future requirements

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9:50

Maintaining data security throughout the distribution network

Roger Lamb

Roger Lamb, Healthcare Manager, GS1 UK

  • Role of Standards
  • Traceability in Healthcare
  • Coding in Traceability
  • Implementing Traceability
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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    Utilizing In-transit Temperature Monitoring to Improve the Quality and Efficacy of Biopharmaceuticals: A Case Study

    • Why decreasing revenue streams and the growth of biopharmaceuticals are driving optimized supply chains
    • How changes in healthcare delivery will affect the supply chain: chain-of-custody, the last mile and ensuring 100% efficacy
    • Temperature monitoring options for the supply chain: advantages and disadvantages
    • Improving the supply chain: benefits for manufacturers, distributors, providers and the patient
    • Case study: Real-world use cases utilizing in-transit temperature monitoring
     

    Peter Mehring

    Peter Mehring, CEO, Intelleflex

    Gerrit-Jan Steenbergen

    Gerrit-Jan Steenbergen, VP 3i Innovation & Competence Centre, Zetes

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    11:40

    The Specialist Logistics Provider’s Place in the Cold Chain

    Nathan Barnard

    Nathan Barnard, Cool Chain Logistics Manager , Biocair International Ltd

    • Strategies for a specialist temperature-controlled logistics provider

    • Providing the complete packaging solution from sourcing to assembly to delivery

    • Cold Chain packaging performance & temperature monitoring

    • Cold Chain logistics using climate controlled vehicles

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    12:00

    When are transportation studies required and when not; A Risk based approach

  • Methodology
  • Requirements for temperature distribution
  • Where is & isn't temperature monitoring required
  • Purchasing & expediting
  • Inventory accuracy & control
  • Nigel Cryer

    Nigel Cryer, Head Quality Operations, Arrow Pharmaceuticals

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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    13:50

    Auditing Cold chain and temperature-sensitive supply chains - A presentation on case studies from around the world.

    Robert Hayes

    Robert Hayes, Director, Cold Chain Consultants

    • Why temperature sensitive-supply chains fail a GDP audit
    • Where they go wrong
    • Validating your supply chain
    • Challenges for the industry
    • A proactive approach

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    14:30

    Panel Discussion: Carrier selection and qualification

    Tony Wright

    Tony Wright, Managing Director, Exelsius Cold Chain Management

    • Why is it so urgent?
    • Making the right choice
    • Pharma requirements
    • Current regulations

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    15:30

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

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    15:40

    Afternoon Tea

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