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2nd Annual Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Summit
2nd Annual
Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Summit
 
November 7-8, 2011
Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD
 
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  2011 Attendees:
 

Marketing Director, American Chemistry Council
CEO, Algaeventure Systems, Inc.
Associate Director Supply Chain and Logistics, Agennix
Business Development Manager, AIT Worldwide Logistics
Director, Global Security, Alexion
Director, Alkermes
Logistics Manager, Almac
Distribution Manager, Almac
CEO, AlphaGenics
National Accounts Manager, Amcor Flexibles
Sales Manager, AFSP Pharma, Amcor Flexibles
President, Am-Tran
President and CEO, Applied DNA Sciences
Principal Engineer Packaging and Device Technology, AstraZeneca
Director of Distribution and Transportation Supply Chain, B Braun
Senior Sales & Marketing Assistant, Bahnson
Product Sales Specialist, Bahnson Environmental Specialties
Product Sales Specialist, Bahnson Environmental Specialties
Packaging Engineer, Becton, Dickinson, and Company
General Manager, Berlinger
President & CEO, BioMarck Pharmaceuticals
Laboratory Director, Bioserve
Bioserve
Director, Healthcare Regulatory Affairs, Biotechnology Industry Organization
Sales Manager, Bluebird Express
Director, Bluebird Express
Distinguished Research Fellow, Boehringer Ingelheim
Drug Information Specialist, Boehringer Ingelheim
Packaging Engineer II, Boston Scientific
Rick Fry, President, Boxseals
Dan Fry, VP of Sales, Boxseals   
Consultant, BPTM, LLC
Strategic Market Director, Brink's Inc.
Associate Director Worldwide Packaging Technology, Bristol Myers Squibb
Associate Director Worldwide Packaging Technology, Bristol Myers Squibb
Director Worldwide Packaging Technology, Bristol Myers Squibb
Manager, Bristol Myers Squibb
Cangene Biopharma
Materials Manager, Cangene Biopharma
Capital Pharmaceutical
President, Cary Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Senior Consultant, CenterPoint Security Associates, LLC
Public Health Analyst, Centers for Disease Control
Manager, Cephalon
Director, Quality Assurance, Cephalon
Administrative Assistant, Children's Hospital of LA
Managing Director, ColdWave Systems LLC
President, Commodity Forwarders
Regional Sales Manager, Commodity Forwarders
Director of Strategic Development, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
Senior Director Supply Chain, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Senior Vice President, Disc Graphics, Inc.
CEO, DNS London Trading
Senior Account Manager, Domtar Specialty Papers
Associate Director, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited
North America Regulatory Affairs Manager, Medical and Pharmaceutical Protection, DuPont
Business Development Manager, Medical Packaging, DuPont
Director of Executive Accounts, Early Alert
Account Executive, Early Alert
Regional Account Manager, Envirotainer
President/CEO, Epic RX Pharmacies, Inc. , Epic Pharmacy Network
Analyst, ESC Group
CEO, Excellis Health
Commissioner's Fellow, FDA
Managing Director- Life Sciences and Specialty Services, Global Trade Services, FedEx Express
Director, FedEx
Senior International Sales Executive, FedEx
Worldwide Account Manager, FedEx
Worldwide Account Manager, FedEx
Worldwide Account Manager, FedEx
Senior Marketing Project Manager, FedEx
Manager, International Business Development, FedEx
Business Development Advisor/Healthcare, FedEx
Manager of Quality and Validation, FedEx Custom Critical
VP Pharmaceutical Development, Femmen Pharma Global Healthcare, Inc.
Site Design and Development Quality Manager, FlexTronics
Director of QS Pharma, Fresenius Medical
Partner, Fox Rothschild
Senior Manager, Corporate Security, Genentech
Buyer, Genzyme
Sourcing Group Manager, GlaxoSmithKline
Director, Risk and Regulatory Administration, H.D. Smith
VP Clinical, Regulatory, & Quality, Hawaii Biotech
Executive Director, Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council
Director, Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council
Howard Hughes Medical Institutes
Quality Assurance Compliance, Human Genome Sciences
Bioprocess Associate III, Human Genome Sciences
Senior Device and Packaging Engineer, Human Genome Sciences
Manager of Business Processes and Standards, IATA
Marketing Manager, IATA
Assistant Director, Content Services, IATA
Vice President, Operations, Ingenus Pharmaceuticals LLC
Nursing Director, Inspira Behavioral Care
Business Development Manager, International Pharma Packaging & Distribution
Editor and Chief, International Pharmaceuticals Quality
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, Oncology, and Pharmacology, Johns Hopkins
Manager, GRCF BioRepository and Cell Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute
Senior Scientist, Johnson & Johnson
Supply Chain Temperature Control Leader, Johnson & Johnson Global Transportation Organization
Senior Transportation Analyst, Johnson & Johnson Global Transportation Organization
Director, Supply Chain, Jubliant Cadista Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Marketing and Sales Manager, Klinge Corporation
President, Klinge Corporation

 

Sales and Marketing Manager, Klinge Corporation
Sales and Marketing, Klinge Corporation
Sales and Marketing Manager, Klinge Corporation
Packaging Supervisor, Kremers Urban Pharmaceutical
VP of Sales, Life Packaging Technology
Director of Global Quality, Life Technologies
Senior Manager of Quality Assurance, Life Technologies
Director of Supply Chain, Lonza
Purchasing Manager, Lonza
Distribution Manager, Lonza
Research Associate, Macrogen
Legislative and Regulations Manager, Maryland State Board of Pharmacy
Pharmacist Compliance Officer, Maryland State Board of Pharmacy
Principal, McCune Consulting
President, Medicine Differentiation Analytics, LLC
Managing Director, Medicines Differentiation Analytics, LLC
Director IT, MedImmune
Senior Manager if Regulatory Affairs, MedImmune
Transportation Manager, MedImmune
Senior Quality Engineer, Medtronic
Staff Development Engineer, Merck
Senior Engineer of Packaging Technology, Merck
Manager, Merck
Technical Manager, Merck
Senior Manager, Global Transportation, Merck
Global Logistics Manager, Merck
Senior Supply Chain Analyst, Merck
Biologic Project Lead, Merck
Former Senior Business Process Lead for SCM-Master Data, Merck
Senior Engineer, Merck
Simulation Laboratory Coordination, Michigan State University- College of Nursing
Associate Professor, Michigan State University- School of Packaging
Director Program Management, Michigan State University
Corporate Vice President of Pharmacy, MMM and PMC Health Plans
Chief Operation Officer, Mobius Therapeutics
Director of Sales, Morpho Detection
Manager Industrial Design, MPR Associates
Program Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Manufacturing
Extension Partnership Division
President, Numedics
Manager, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc
Director, Sterile Technology, Otsuka America
Director, Owens and Minor
Principle Packaging Engineer, PackWise
Executive Vice President, PBM Pharma
Supply Chain Analyst, Perrigo
Engineer, Pfizer
Regulatory Affairs Scientist, Pfizer
Director, Global Transport & Logistics Services, Pfizer
Director Global Specialty & Cold Chain Logistics, Pfizer
Senior Manager, Global Transport & Logistics Services, Pfizer
Pfizer
Editor and Chief, Pharmaceutical Commerce
Supply Chain Manager, PharmaThene
Platinum Press
Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Manager, Business Development, Purolator International
President and Founder, Purple Diamond Testing
Manager, Design and Innovation, Quality Packaging Specialists International
VP Americas, Reconnaissance International
Professor, Rider University
Manager, Quality Engineer, Roche
Pharmaceutical buyer, Royspec
Medical Purchasing Supervisor, Royspec
Assistant Vice President, RX Response
Senior Consultant, RX Response
General Manager, Saf-T-Pack
Haemophilia/Haemovigilance Project Manager, Saint James's Hospital
3rd Party Compliance Associate, Sandoz
SDIX
Manager, Distribution and logistic Management, Shire Pharmaceuticals
Sales Manager, Southwest Airlines-Cargo
Senior Manager, Southwest Airlines-Cargo
Manager, Product Development, Stryker Orthobiologics
Executive Vice President, Sun Laboratories LTD
Portfolio Manager, Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Director, Business Development, SCHAWK Digital Solutions
Solution Architect, Take Solutions
Adjunct Professor, Temple University
Marketing Specialist, Temptime
Business Development Manager, Temptime
CCO, Temptime
Vice President, The Pharma Compliance Group
System Engineer, Thermedical
Executive Director, Tissue Banks International
Principal Consultant and Owner, Trotter Biotech Solutions
Assistant Branch Chief- Certified Cargo Screening, TSA
UCLA Anderson MBA Student, UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson MBA Student, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Manager, Sustainability Solutions, UPS Customer Solutions
Healthcare Solutions Manager - North America, UPS Supply Chain Solutions
Global Logistics and Distribution Marketing, UPS Supply Chain Solutions
Director, Global Healthcare Compliance, UPS Supply Chain Solutions
Marketing Manager, Healthcare Segment, UPS - Chesapeake District
Consultant, Urmila Keyshore Consulting
Senior Manager, Business Development, US Airways
Sales Manager - Product Specific Sales, US Airways
Chief Technology Officer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Operations Research Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Director, Transportation, VWR
Vice President, Water Street Healthcare
Associate Director of Package Development, Watson Pharmaceuticals
Senior Labeling Associate, Watson Pharmaceuticals
Key Account Manager, Weiss-Rohlig USA
Project Engineer, West Pharmaceutical Services
COO, West-Ward Pharmaceuticals
Sales Logistics, XTL

 
  Conference Day One: Monday, November 7, 2011
7:00a Continental Breakfast & Registration
Co-located with our Pharmaceutical Packaging Leadership Summit!
8:00a Chair's Welcome
Richard J. Sherman, Director of Strategic Development, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
8:15a Keynote Address:
Current Market Pressures on the Bio/Pharmaceutical Industry and it's Implications to the Supply Chain

Eileen Morrissey, President, Medicine Differentiation Analytics, LLC and Former Vice President, Business Excellence, Pfizer

9:00a The Globalized Cold Chain- Best Practices for Navigating Multiple Markets and Ensuring Product Integrity
  • Learn about coordinating with multiple international organization to ensure safe and compliant shipping to low and middle income countries

Boriana Cavicchia, Senior Associate, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLC
Nicholas Basta, Editor in Chief, Pharmaceutical Commerce

10:00a Morning Refreshment & Networking Break
Co-located with our Pharmaceutical Packaging Leadership Summit!
10:30p Utilizing Case Studies in Pharmaceutical Theft to Develop Effective Contingency Plans and Security Measures
  • Evaluate current trends in pharmaceutical and medical theft, and how law enforcement is addressing these issues
  • What can the industry do as a whole to raise awareness about this epidemic, and how can the public be educated about security breaches without compromising investigations or causing panic
  • The impact of pharmaceutical and medical theft on the industry- and the patient cost of care

Matthew Murphy, Vice President, The Pharma Compliance Group
Dave Osborne, Senior Manager, Genentech

11:15a Assessing Supply Chain Risk and Resilience

Robert Weronik, Director, Global Security, Alexion Pharmaceuticals

12:00p Luncheon Presentation - Co-located with our Pharmaceutical Packaging Leadership Summit!

Keeping Your Cool: Taking advantage of a robust global network, 24/7 monitoring and visibility services while creating innovative cold chain solutions

  • Understanding the importance of global air network, visibility and intervention capabilities to develop cold chain solutions
  • Commitment to the global healthcare industry
  • Evaluating a portfolio of services and temperature controlled capabilities to overcome challenges faced by either pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical companies
  • Developing cost-effective global room temperature solutions to maintain product temperature

Richard Smith, Managing Director- Life Sciences and Specialty Services, Global Trade Services, FedEx Express

1:15p Ensuring Downstream Compliance with Effective Training and Communication through the Last Mile
  • In this cross-disciplinary panel, we will be combining the perspectives of the pharmacy, shipping and manufacturer on their shared goals, and methods for collaborating to achieve them
  • Great changes are happening across the country in terms of how drugs are being handled and administered in pharmacies; all 50 states approve pharmacist vaccinations and patients have begun to accept pharmacists as a vaccinator, while healthcare removes co-payments to doctors for routine vaccinations
  • Address issues such as: disaster planning, process/product handling, data recording and increased thermal protection- and where the burden of responsibility falls for each
  • Learn to navigate the difference in regulatory standards when moving from Distribution to Neighborhood Pharmacy territory, and develop systems compliant with both
  • Gain strategies to improve data collection and management, and ensure drug integrity through to administration
  • Downstream Compliance: Strategies for incorporating Pharmacies and Patients into Your Supply Chain
  • How distribution should handle working with pharmacy chains or pharmacy networks

Patrick McGrath, General Manager, BERLINGER, USA
Patricia Beckenhaupt RN, MS, MPH, Public Health Analyst, Centers for Disease Control
Angelo C. Voxakis, P.D.,
President/CEO, Epic RX Pharmacies, Inc. , Epic Pharmacy Network

2:00p Business Continuity and Disaster Response: Pharmaceutical Supply as Critical Infrastructure for the Nation
Crises such as the H1N1 pandemic, the Japanese Earthquake, and other natural disasters such as Hurricanes, Tornadoes & Ice Storms have highlighted the importance of the pharmaceutical supply chain to the emergency management and public health communities. Attendees of this session will discuss the following topics:
  • Overview of Business Continuity planning, Disaster Response, & Community Resilience in the Healthcare & Public Health sector
  • Pharmaceutical supply as an essential component of the Healthcare & Public Health Critical Infrastructure
  • Rx Response — an industry initiative to promote supply chain resiliency and public/private partnerships to help ensure patients receive the medicines they need in times of emergency
Erin Mullen, Assistant Vice President, Rx Response
Richard Andrew, Director, Owens & Minor
Phyllis Arthur
, Director, Healthcare Regulatory Affairs, BIO
2:45p Afternoon Refreshment & Networking Break
Co-located with our Pharmaceutical Packaging Leadership Summit!
3:00p Electronic Inserts and New Methods of Ensuring Patient Compliance
  • Utilizing barcoding to reduce paper waste for inserts, and ensuring up to date product information
  • Debate the efficacy of these technologies, and the impact it will have on patient compliance

William Bosley, Senior Labeling Specialist, Watson Pharmaceuticals

3:45p Insider Updates: The TSA's Certified Cargo Screening Program
  • Hear an update on the Certified Cargo Screening Program and the strategy of how the TSA is handling the cargo screening for international inbound shipments
  • How will the 100% inbound international screening mandate effect domestic product? How will we overcome interruptions and overcome the additional costs?

Gary Lupinacci, Assistant Branch Chief, Certified Cargo Screening Program, TSA

4:30p Decision Support Strategies in Corporate Supply Chain Management

  • Use DSS to improve and speed up supply chain decision making
  • How customized decision support applications must develop internally to complement ERP and supply chain scheduling software systems

Tan Miller, Director, Global Supply Chain Management Program, Rider University, College of Business Administration

5:15p Day One Closing Remarks and Cocktail Reception (in the Exhibit Hall)
Co-located with our Pharmaceutical Packaging Leadership Summit!
 
  Conference Day Two: Tuesday, November 8, 2011
7:30a Continental Breakfast & Registration
Co-located with our Pharmaceutical Packaging Leadership Summit!
8:30a Chairs Welcome
Richard J. Sherman, Director of Strategic Development, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
8:45a New Imperatives to Achieve Optimal Supply Chain Performance
  • Learn what's driving "smart" transformation in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
  • Develop performance improvement initiatives to drive profitable growth
  • Hear how the industry is performing based on benchmarking and current research
  • Understand how supply chain performance impacts financial performance
  • Take away a game plan to launch your journey to supply chain excellence
Richard J. Sherman, Director of Strategic Development, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
9:45a Morning Refreshment & Networking Break
Co-located with our Pharmaceutical Packaging Leadership Summit!
10:15a Taking Flight: Innovation in Air Cargo Shipping
  • In an increasingly globalized world, it is more important than ever that companies are aware of the many regulatory and environmental changes that a product will be affected by during international transportation
  • How are new technologies such as thermal blankets, containers and innovative packing methods reducing cost and ensuring product integrity for temperature sensitive drugs?
  • Hear an update on skills and strategies for temperature mapping and it's application for the pharmaceutical supply chain

Karl Kussow, Manager of Quality and Validation, FedEx Custom Critical

11:00a End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility – A Strategic and Tactical Enabler
  • How end-to-end supply chains can enable value chain analysis - Finance and Operations will be in alignment.
  • Strategic positioning of inventory along the supply chain will allow managers to balance demand, supply and capacity.
  • Can information replace inventory? Witness a real life example.
  • Accurate master data is an asset. Learn how matching master and transactional data with end-to-end supply chains can empower managers to make strategic and tactical decisions.
  • How common business language plays a critical role.
Reid Graves, Former Senior Business Process Lead for SCM-Master Data, Merck
12:00p Luncheon
Co-located with our Pharmaceutical Packaging Leadership Summit!
1:00p Securing Care Processes Using Complete Traceability in the Supply Chain... There's an App for That!
  • Help prevent counterfeit medication entering the supply chain using medication serialization
  • Ensure the medication is always available for patients
  • Minimize waste medication (it is expensive!) and assist in forecasting
  • Comply with GMP/ GCP conditions such as expiry date management and accountability
  • Provide immediate real-time location of all medication in the event of a recall, including identifying who may have received an at risk product
Feargal McGroarty, Haemophilia/Haemovigilance Project Manager, IMS Division, St. James Hospital (Ireland)
1:45p Monitoring the Volatility of Pharmaceuticals and Biologics
  • Creating an integrated systems approach... A Temperature Sensitive Solution
  • Explore why supply chain integrity and temperature management are critical to the overall healthcare goals
  • Discover how an integrated systems approach can have a profound impact on patient access and results
Deb Skelnik, President, Numedis
2:30p Afternoon Refreshment & Networking Break
Co-located with our Pharmaceutical Packaging Leadership Summit!
2:45p IATA Standards: Transportation of Time and Temperature Sensitive Products

  • 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?
  • 2012 Time and Temperature Sensitive Roadmap
  • The way forward and future requirements

Andrea Graf-Gruber, Manager Business Process & Standards, International Air Transport Association (IATA)

3:30p Utilizing an Active vs. Passive System: Enhancing Shipping and Optimizing Operations
  • Access to regulations
  • Active vs. passive system
  • Integrating rules and operations
  • Starting with a validated shipping declaration
  • Optimized shipment preparation
  • Persistence of content
  • Effect on training
  • IATA's new EasyDGR solution: A system that increases confidence and helps avoid delays, re-checking costs and possible fines by creating and using a validated Dangerous Goods Declaration to create compliant shipments

Bob Schaffel, Assistant Director, Content Services, International Air Transport Association (IATA)

4:00p Closing Remarks, Refreshments and Event Debriefing with attendees from the Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging Leadership Summit!