Events

The PIER Committee invite you to a Virtual Quiz Night on Friday 19th June 2020 from 8pm. Individual and team (up to 4 per team) registration welcome. Individuals who register will be randomly assigned to a team on the night. Members and non-members welcome to attend. 

Zoom Rooms and Google Forms will be technology used. There will be a number of rounds of questions including some pharmacy related ones. 

To register, please email pierevents2020@gmail.com. 

PIER Quiz Night

Join us for this webinar on the topic of ‘Work/Life Effectiveness in Crisis Times’ with Margaret Dorgan (The Catalyst Coach) on Tuesday 9th June 2020 @ 8.00pm.

About the Webinar:

This webinar is designed to help you identify opportunities for managing your time effectively, especially during our current global crisis. A key focus will be on how better management of time can help improve our performance and deliver a range of positive personal & professional benefits.

Participants will examine strategies for evaluating priorities, remaining focused and managing both their own and others expectations through engaging and thought-provoking exercises such as:

  • Time Management Style Identify your Time Management Style
  • Dialogue Identify and remedy time barriers
  • 3P’s Managing conflicting priorities
  • Buddy Contract Commitment to positive Change.

For dial in details, see Margaret Dorgan webinar login details_9th June 2020. 

A PIER Career Focus webinar is being organised on Thurs 2nd April 2020 at 1.00pm on the topic of 'Overview of Medical Information Services provided by Pharma Companies' with David Coleman (Novartis HQ). For further information see event flyer PIER career webinar on Med Info Services_2nd April 2020. 

Email education@pier.ie to register. 

A PIER Career Focus webinar is being organised on Wednesday 11th March 2020 at 1.00pm on the topic of 'Overview of Market Access Opportunities in Pharma' with Shellie Jones (AbbVie). For further information see event flyer PIER Webinar Market Access Opportunities in Pharma_11th March 2020. 

Email education@pier.ie to register. 

The first of the EIPG/PIER webinars in 2020 will be held on Thursday 27th February 2020 in conjunction with School of Pharmacy, UCC. 

Our speaker is Dr Annie Curtis, Lecturer and Principal Investigator of the Curtis Clock Laboratory, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Dr Curtis believes that WHEN you take a medicine may be just as important as WHAT you take because up to half of the 100 top selling medicines are against a target that is controlled by our molecular clock, leading to daily changes in the expression of this target. Each of our cells has the capacity to tell the time of day. Dr Curtis will discuss the future of bringing chronobiology and chronotherapy into modern medicine.

For further information about this webinar and registration details, see event flyer EIPG PIER 'The Role of the Body Clock in Drug Development, Efficacy & Toxicity'. 

The first PIER Career Focus webinar of 2020 is being organised on Thurs 16th January 2020 at 12.30pm on the topic of 'An Insight into Global Regulatory Affairs - CMC' with Michael Lennon (Alexion). For further information see event flyer PIER Regs CMC career webinar_16th Jan 2020. 

Email education@pier.ie to register. 

EIPG is organising a webinar on the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) inspection programme to be held on Tuesday 10th December 2019 at 4pm.

Dr. Sotirios Paraschos, one of the EDQM Inspectors, will present on the EDQM role within the European regulatory framework, including its function within EU legislation of Certificates of Suitability to the monographs of the European Pharmacopoeia (CEPs). The webinar will introduce the EDQM inspection programme and its relevance to CEPs, preparation, performance and follow-up of the inspections. In addition, there will be a review of the frequent types of issues observed during EDQM inspections.

Please register via the following link: http://newbusinessmedia.mn-ssl.com/nl/link?d=2nov&h=2rvs5585bsp71dvji0sjb65v6c&i=3og&iw=5&n=1aac&p=H301800627&s=wv&sl=ita&sn=1aac.

Attendance is free of charge for PIER members.

For further information on EDQM, see https://www.edqm.eu/.

The PIER 2019 Autumn CPD meeting & AGM will take place on Sat 23rd November 2019 in Clayton Liffey Valley, Dublin (9.30pm-1pm). The theme of the CPD meeting is 'Medicines Shortages'. Confirmed speakers include Dr Caitriona Fisher (Director Quality, Scientific Affairs and Communications, HPRA) and Edel Sweeney (Quality Director, Uniphar Group). 

The PIER AGM will take place after the CPD meeting. 

To register, email education@pier.ie before Thursday 21st November 2019. 

Overview of Webinar
The presentation will cover the GMP requirements and the practical implementation of a management system for quality related documentation. After an introduction referencing the relevant GMP norms and guidances, the different types of documents will be described with their function in the Quality System and their requirements. Paper and electronic based systems will be described with their peculiarities. The presentation will continue with a description of the most frequent deficiencies in documentation management, including some examples of Authorities’ observations during inspections (observations from FDA, EMA and MHRA inspections will be presented). Finally, some best practices will be presented, combining GMP compliance and efficiency in documentation management and recommended by the speaker based on his experience.
 
 
About the Speaker
Alessandro Regola is currently a free-lance consultant in Pharmaceutical Sciences with main activities in the areas of cGMP and Pharmaceutical Quality System, and in optimisation or problem solving/trouble shooting. He graduated from the University of Milan in Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology and has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He spent ten years working for several different companies in R&D, first in organic synthesis of small molecules and then in pharmaceutical technology. He switched to drug product manufacturing, obtaining significant experience in GMP and Quality Systems applied to dosage forms ranging from sterile products to oral solids and semisolids. His last job in the pharma industry was as head of Quality Unit of the Garbagnate and Segrate sites of Bayer Health Care Manufacturing in Milano which included responsibility for Quality Assurance and Quality Control. He regularly collaborates with Academic and Professional Societies and holds lectures and presentations at University and Industry / Regulatory Meetings.
 
 
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this presentation, you will:
1. Understand norms and guidelines requirements for documentation management
2. Understand documentation types used in the pharma industry and their characteristics
3. Be familiar with the Authorities’ interpretation of requirements and most frequent observations during inspections
4. Be informed about best practices combining GMP compliance and efficiency in documentation management
 
 
To Join the Webinar
Please register for the event by filling out the form in the event flyer EIPG PIER GMP Documentation Management webinar_18th Nov 2019. 
 
Further instructions will then be sent by e-mail.
 
 

PIER is collaborating with UCC School of Pharmacy & UCC Pharmacy Society to organise an industry career information event in the Brookfield Health Science Complex on Thursday evening 14th November 2019 (7.00pm-9.00pm). Hear from a panel of experienced pharmacists working in different industry roles including Commerical, Market Access, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affair and Quality. For further details, see the event flyer PIER UCC Career Information Evening_14th Nov 2019. 

To register email piercareerevents@gmail.com before Tues 12th November 2019. 

  1. PIER Career Focus Webinar on 'Introduction to Pharmacovigilance, Risk Management and Medicine Safety' with Donal Og O'Donovan (Regeneron Ire) on Wed 23rd Oct 2019 @ 1.00pm
  2. PIER Career Transition Workshop on Wed 13th Nov 2019 (9.30am-4pm) in Red Cow Hotel
  3. PIER Career Focus Webinar on 'Medical Affairs-A Rewarding Career for Pharmacists' with Maria Cawley (Sanofi Genzyme) on Thurs 19th September 2019
  4. EIPG PIER Webinar on 'The Development & Regulatory Approval of Orphan Medicines' on Tues 15th Oct 2019 at 4pm
  5. Alexion, College Park Site Visit on Friday 13th September 2019 (1.00-4.00pm)
  6. EIPG/PIER webinar on 'The Microbiome and Stress' on Monday 17th June 2019 @ 4pm
  7. PIER Summer BBQ in D Two on Thurs 27th June 2019 from 7.00pm

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