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Created: 04 November 2023

The PIER Commitee is pleased to announce our next open site tour to the state-of-the-art GMP facility at APC/VLE Therapeutics in Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co Dublin (Eircode D18 DH50) on Friday 10th Nov 2023 fron 10.30am-12.00pm. 

About APC/VLE

APC Ltd is a process development company that is slashing the time it takes to deliver medicines to patients. Using breakthrough science and lightning speed APC eliminates CMC bottlenecks and accelerates clients’ journey to their patients. See https://approcess.com/about-us for further information.

VLE Therapeutics, a spin out from APC was set up to enable the rapid development and manufacture of vaccines and other advanced therapeutics. See https://www.vletherapeutics.com/our-story for further information.

For those wishing to attend the facility tour, please book your place by registering via this link APC VLE site visit registration form before 5.00pm on 8th November 2023.

For queries about the site visit, please contact us by emailing stanoneill@gmail.com 

Created: 04 November 2023

PIER CPD Event: 'Pharmacists and Entrepreneurship in Ireland'

When: Thursday November 9, 2023, 6:30pm – 9:00pm

Where: Lecture Theatre LTEE1 accessed via the Panoz Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2

Discussion Chair: Caroline Gaynor, Lightstone Ventures

Guest Speakers:

• Caroline Gaynor, Partner of Lightstone Ventures
• Professor Anne Marie Healy, Academic Co-Founder, Aer Therapeutics
• Colm McGarvey, Co-Founder and CEO Selio Medical
• Dr. Waleed Faisal, Scientific Founder and CEO, ArrayPatch

See speakers profiles on CPD meeting speaker profiles_9 Nov 2023. 

Networking Reception: 9.00pm to late in The Lincoln. 

Register your interest with us here: https://forms.gle/SP7bsgDXkUSjQc2k8. This will be a members only event. 

PIER membership is open to all pharmacists, interns and pharmacy students with an interest in industry. For further information, please visit https://www.pier.ie/members-area-public/membership.