E-drug: South Asia conference on Drug Quality postponed
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USP and DIA Reschedule International Conference on
Pharmaceutical Affairs in Nepal for December 2001
Conference Focuses on Improving Drug Quality in SAARC Countries
Rockville, Maryland, USA, Sept. 24, 2001 - The International
Conference on Pharmaceutical Affairs has been rescheduled for
Dec. 17 to 20, 2001 at Hotel De L'Annapurma in Kathmandu,
Nepal. The conference, which was originally scheduled to be held
Oct. 2 to 5, 2001, is co-sponsored by the U.S. Pharmacopeia Drug
Quality & Information Program (USPDQI) and the Drug Information
Association (DIA). USPDQI is a cooperative program with the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Office
of Population, Health and Nutrition.
The conference is designed to give attendees an understanding of
the global regulatory environment and its impact on developing
countries, and to improve regional efforts in drug quality assurance.
It seeks to facilitate regional cooperation in pharmaceutical
registration, production, and use among the South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation countries (SAARC). SAARC
member countries include Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives,
Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The conference is jointly organized by the Department of Drug
Administration, Ministry of Health Nepal, Drug Information
Association (DIA), USPDQI, and the Graduate Pharmacists
Association of Nepal (GPAN). The program committee is co-chaired
by Keith Johnson, deputy director, Management Sciences for
Health, and Sultan Ghani, manager, Division of Pharmaceutical
Quality, Health Canada. Representatives of various national
regulatory agencies, industry, and academia as well as Dr. Roger
Williams, USP executive vice president and chief executive officer,
and Dr. Lembit Rago from the World Health Organization, Essential
Drugs and Medicines Policy Department, Geneva, will speak at the
conference.
Conference attendees will have the opportunity to attend sessions
focusing on the following topics:
- Harmonization of Pharmaceutical Regulation and Compliance
Issues
- Regional Cooperation and Harmonization
- Quality Control, Quality Assurance, GMPs and cGMPs
- Counterfeiting
- Information Access and Use
The three-day conference is designed for individuals working for
drug and pharmaceutical excipient manufacturers; quality
assurance/quality control, procurement, and pharmaceutical
research and development personnel; consumer health advocates,
and government regulators. For further information about the
conference, visit the USP website at www.usp.org/meetings or
DIA's website at www.diahome.org. Or to register, call conference
organizers in Nepal at 977-1-228244 or by e-mail at
gpan@mail.com.np.
In addition, exhibit space is available at the conference venue. To
request information and/or to reserve a booth, check the box on the
registration form or send an e-mail to: gpan@mail.com.np.
U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), a non-government organization,
establishes state-of-the-art standards to ensure the quality of
medicines and other health care technologies. These standards are
developed by a unique process of public involvement and are
accepted worldwide. USP also helps to monitor quality and prevent
errors in human and veterinary medicine through national reporting
programs. USP is a not-for-profit organization that achieves its goals
through the contributions of volunteers representing pharmacy,
medicine, and other health care professions, as well as science,
academia, the government, the pharmaceutical industry, and
consumer organizations. For more information, visit www.usp.org.
Drug Information Association (DIA) is an independent non-profit
international association of professionals involved in all areas of
health care. DIA provides a worldwide forum for exchange and
dissemination of information that is intended to advance the
discover, development and utilization of medicines and related
health care technologies.
Graduate Pharmacists' Association, Nepal (GPAN) is a
non-governmental non-profit professional organization of Nepalese
pharmacists.
Nancy Blum, M.P.H., M.A.
Program Director,
Global Assistance Initiatives
U.S.Pharmacopeia
12601 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, MD 20852
tel: +1 (301) 816-8161
fax: +1 (301) 816-8374
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