PIPA’s 10th Annual Conference
The 2015 PIPA conference was held on 14th – 15th October 2015 at Denham Grove, Buckinghamshire.
The event attracted over 100 delegates, exhibitors and speakers each day, ensuring a vibrant atmosphere. With a topical and dynamic programme of informative sessions, lively discussions and great networking opportunities, the conference truly highlighted the camaraderie and team work demonstrated by professionals working in the fields of medical information and pharmacovigilance.
PIPA Conference 2015 Programme
Wednesday 14th October
Plenary
Chair: Christine Needham, Novartis
| 09:00 | Registration, Meet & Greet Breakfast |
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| 09:55 | Welcome Sarah Hall, PIPA President |
| 10:00 | Evaluating the Safety of Medicines Dr Virginia Acha, ABPI Chief Executive |
| 11:00 | Comfort Break |
| 11:30 | Charismatic Impact Alex McLaren, The Spontaneity Shop |
| 12:30 | AGM 2015 |
| 13:00 | Lunch & Exhibition |
TRACK 1: Break Out Sessions
| 14:00 | A. Zinc Workshop 2015 – Top Tips, New Functionality Roadmap and ABPI Certification Guidance Gary Page and Susannah Illingworth, Zinc B. Dealing with Difficult Customers Alex McLaren, The Spontaneity Shop C. Pharmacovigilance – The Bigger Picture Shirley-Ann van der Spuy, RedLine Pharmacovigilance |
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| 15:30 | Tea / coffee & Exhibition |
| 16:00 | Break out sessions continued |
| 17:00 | Close |
TRACK 2: Managers’ Workstream
| 14:00 | Meaningful Metrics Christine Needham, Novartis & Tom Nichols, CRUK |
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| 14:45 | Experiences of a Copyright Audit Jacquie Warner, Novartis |
| 15:30 | Tea/coffee & Exhibition |
| 16:00 | New Code Requirements Around Recording Transfer of Value to HCPs Heidi Lay, Janssen Cilag |
| 16:45 | Managers’ Hot Topics – Discussion |
| 17:30 | Close |
| 19:00 | Pre-Dinner Drinks and Dinner |
Thursday 15th October
Plenary
Chair: Tom Nichols, CRUK
| 08:30 | Registration |
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| 09:00 | Yellow Card Road Map Phil Tregunno, MHRA |
| 10:00 | The Unique Model of Cancer Research UK’s Centre for Drug Development Julianna Callaghan, CRUK |
| 10:30 | Tea / coffee & Exhibition |
Track One: Medical Information
| 11:00 | The 2015 PMCPA Code of Practice Update in Practice Rina Newton, CompliMed Ltd |
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| 12:00 | Copy Review – an Industry Within the Industry Ralph Carter, PharmaReview |
| 13:00 | Lunch & Exhibition |
Track Two: Pharmacovigilance
| 11:00 | Risk Management Plans & Risk Minimisation Material Dr Kathryn Ord, MHRA |
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| 12:00 | Going Digital with Risk Minimisation Materials Peter Carroll, Datapharm |
| 13:00 | Lunch & Exhibition |
| Break Out Sessions | |
| 14:00 | A. How to Keep Quality and Standards High. A Workshop for Both PV and MI Sue Rees, Amgen & Janet Davies, GileadB. Changes to inspection findings following the implementation of the 2012 EU pharmacovigilance legislation Dr Anya Sookoo, Novartis International AG C. How to Evaluate a Clinical Paper Jayne Packham, Jayne Packham Consultancy |
| 15:15 | Tea/coffee & Exhibition |
| 15:30 | Break Out Sessions Continued |
| 17:00 | Conference Closing Session |
| 17:15 | Conference Close |
