More than 1 million people a year are dying from counterfeit drugs. In addition to this overwhelming social impact, the economic effects threaten a profitable industry meant to provide life-saving drugs all over the world. Product recall costs, lost sales and industry fines constantly plague industry operations. With the recent Drug Diversion and Counterfeit Crackdown Act of 2017 and Operation Pangea X, awareness is at its peak and will continue to grow. It is time to join the conversation and push the issues forward for in the hopes of finding solutions.
Event description:
Did you know that in recent years, all the big pharma companies like Merck, Eli Lilly, Ranbaxy, Pzifer, Johnson & Johnson and GlaxoSmithKline alone paid about $13 billion as penalties to different regulatory authorities in battling counterfeit drugs? Join us this March 26-28th in Philadelphia for the 7th Pharma Anti-Counterfeiting Summit and hear expert speakers discuss about protecting your brand and monitoring your products through the supply chain to minimize diversion and counterfeiting.
Date : 26 - 28 March, 2018 | Philadelphia, PA
Key Highlights for 2017 include:
• Enhancing Your Outreach of Anti-Counterfeiting Resource Deployment and Allocation
• Monitoring a Tailored Global Watch Service - Establishing Proactive Measures to Prevent Global IP Infringement and Track the Sale of Counterfeit Good
• Managing an Effective Anti-Counterfeiting Program - Understanding your Counterfeit Market Landscape and Monitoring Sophisticated Counterfeiters Who Threaten Enforcement Efforts
• Raising Awareness and Wellness - Increasing Education for Patient Safety on the Dangers of Counterfeit Medicines
• Preventing Diverted Drugs from Entering the Marketplace through Weaknesses in Your Drug Distribution Chain
• Measure the Effectiveness of A Good Quality System through Frequent External Audits - Assuring that Products and Processes Conform to Specifications with your Suppliers and Outsourcing Operations
• Building Your Brand Protection Strategy - Aligning and Supporting Commercial Strategies To Take Legal Action Against Infringers
• Anti-Counterfeiting Authentication Technology Roundtables - Defining the Best Barcoding Technology for your Organization: Understanding its Impact as Part of Your Anti-Counterfeiting Strategy, The Cloud and RFID: Making Seamless Deployment, Nanoparticle-Containing Ink to Combat Counterfeiting Cost Effectively
• Intellectual Property Crime through Effective Partnerships with the FBI and U.S. Government Agencies
• Conducting Internal Inspections with your QA Unit to Ensure Integrity of Your Brand and Improve Anti-Counterfeiting Operations
At the summit, you will have the opportunity to:
• Focus on anti-counterfeiting needs and advances in developing countries like India, China, and Africa.
• Participate in interactive case studies, panels, debates and roundtables and learn from your peers
• Understand legislative updates such as the Drug Diversion and Counterfeit Crackdown Act of 2017 and how it will affect you
• Brainstorm ways to comply with the impending deadlines for the Drug Supply Chain Security Act
• Explore up-and-coming, cutting edge technologies for tackling drug counterfeiting like Blockchain
• Zero in on the patient perspective and how a better consumer understanding can combat fake and substandard drugs
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