Meetings Diary

February 2010

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Location: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of GB

Launch of PQG Supply Chain Risk Management Guide at RPSGB, London

Booking for this meeting is closed

Hear the latest developments on how to apply risk management throughout the Supply Chain. This event brings together a team of high profile speakers with a wealth of experience from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries and their suppliers. MHRA, ICH Q9, IPEC, APIC and Rx-360 will all be represented.

Introduced by Gerald Heddell, Director of Inspection at the MHRA.

Make sure you don’t miss this important opportunity for quality, technical, manufacturing, R&D and procurement personnel from pharmaceutical and medical device industries and their suppliers/contractors.

Bookings may be made now from the payments page

Cost is £150 + VAT (£176.25 ) for PQG members and £187.50 + VAT ( £220.31) for non-members this includes:

• a copy of the interactive, electronic Guide and speaker presentations
• buffet lunch and refreshments

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March 2010

Thursday 25th March
Location: CCTV – Barbican, London Click here for map

The PQG Annual General Meeting (PQG Members only)
This meeting will begin at approx 9:30 and end by 10:45

PQG members do not need to book for this part of the meeting

March 2010

Thursday 25th March
Location: CCTV – Barbican, London Click here for map

The annual discussion meeting with the MHRA for QPs, QA Managers and their colleagues (Open to Non Members)

A presentation on:
"The presence of Counterfeits in the UK market"
by Nimo Ahmed, Head of Intelligence in the MHRA Enforcement Group

Followed by:

An open discussion meeting with Ian Jackson, MHRA GMP Operations Manager & Senior Inspector, Inspection & Standards Division.

Questions on any aspects of GMP from the audience will be discussed openly. Attendees are invited to submit questions in advance so that the MHRA Inspector can research the questions, but other questions may be asked at the meeting if time is available. 

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Cost is £150 + VAT (£176.25 ) for PQG members and £187.50 + VAT ( £220.31) for non-members.

Click here to go to the payments page For the last few years this meeting has been oversubscribed and early booking is advised and places are limited to 50 to facilitate discussion.

April 2010

April 2010
Location CCTV, Smithfield, London.

Regulatory Update

Regulations/Legislation - How to keep up to date!
What is current? Are you as up to date as you think you are?
This is planned to be an open discussion and debate on current topics of interest.
The meeting is aimed at those wanting to improve methods for keeping up to date with the ever changing regulatory environment. Invited speakers will provide their views on how this may be achieved. Interactive sessions will provide a forum for current topics of interest in the regulatory arena, the opportunity for open discussion and for networking.

May 2010

May 2010
Location CCTV, Smithfield, London.

PQG Seminar for Trainee & Recently Qualified QPs

The QP seminar is aimed at trainee QPs and their Sponsors. It will provide a forum for discussion, as well as contact with other Qualified Persons and relevant extra training.

June/July 2010

June/July 2010
Location: CCTV – Smithfield, London

Quality Risk Management

The day will include presentations from both the Regulators and from Industry on how the implementation of Risk Management principles is progressing – including what is working and what is not working.  The day will also include round table discussions.

September 2010

September 2010
Location not decided yet .

Industrial Visit

October 2010

October 2010
Location: TBD

PQG Seminar for Trainee & Recently Qualified QPs

The QP seminar is aimed at trainee QPs and their Sponsors. It will provide a forum for discussion, as well as contact with other Qualified Persons and relevant extra training.

NOTE: PQG payments and refunds policy for meetings.

Payment must be made prior to the meeting using our Credit card payment system. In case of difficulty paying this way, please contact the meeting organiser using the e-mail contact listed for each meeting.

Entry to events may be refused if payment is not received before the event.
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Substitutions may be made at any time, preferably in writing to the meeting organiser shown on the meeting notice above.

Note that the PQG reserves the right to alter any meeting programme in the event of unforeseen circumstances.

At any meeting, the views expressed by individual contributors are their own and may not necessarily reflect the views of PQG as a whole.