During 2017, PIER will organise a series of career webinars highlighting many of the most popular careers that pharmacists hold in industry.
The first of this series is on 'Medical Affairs' with Natasha Littleton (Bayer Healthcare Head Office, Berlin) on Thursday 16th February 2017 at 7.30pm (GMT). Please email education@pier.ie to register for this event.
For further information, see PIER Medical Webinar Natasha Littleton_16th Feb 2017.
Registration now open for the PIER Careers Event in RCSI College Hall on Wednesday 22nd February 2017 from 6.30pm. Early registration is recommended as capacity for the event is limited. Email careerhub2@rcsi.ie to register.
For further details see: PIER career evening flyer Feb 2017 final
The PIER Committee is delighted to have Anne Hayes (Inspection Manager, HPRA) present at the first PIER CPD webinar of 2017 on the topic of 'Falsified Medicines Directive' on Wednesday 1st February 2017 at 4pm. Dr Claude Farrugia (EIPG President & University of Malta) will present on EMVO.
The PIER Committee in collaboration with the RCSI Career Development Manager is planning an industry career event in RCSI College Hall on Wed evening 22nd February 2017 from 7pm.
Further details will be available in the New Year.
Join us for some Xmas drinks in O'Donoghues Pub, Merrion Row, Dublin on Thursday 8th December 2016 from 7.30pm.
RSVP membership@pier.ie before Wed 7th December 2016.
PIER is delighted to partner with EIPG to run a second joint webinar on the topic of 'Adaptive Licensing for Medicinal Products' on Thursday morning 24th November 2016 at 8am (GMT). PIER member Dr Dairine Dempsey (ICON) will present.
For further details about registration, see adaptive-licensing-eipg_pier-webinar_24-nov-2016.
The European Medicines Verification Organisation (EMVO) was established to implement the European Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD - Directive 2011/62/EU) and Delegated Regulation (EU 2016/161) in order to protect European patients against the threat of counterfeit medicines.
EMVO is setting up a Europe-wide infrastructure of repositories centred on the 'European Hub' which is currently operational in ramp-up mode, connected to national verification systems, which have to be established in the EEA member states by February 2019.
EMVO are organising an introductory webinar for anyone interested in the EMVO HUB on Thursday the 20th of October 2016 at 2pm (Irish time). PIER members are welcome to join. Duration will be approx. 1.5 hours.
To connect to the meeting, click on the following hyperlink and follow the instructions: https://join.me/emvo-medicines
This will allow you to see the screen of the presenter and communicate with the participants by voice (audio). It is advised to use Google Chrome as a browser which allows you to manage the audio part with your computer easily. Other browsers might experience issues or will ask you to download the join.me app.
If you prefer to dial in by (mobile) phone for audio only, you can use a local number from the attached list.
The conference ID: 714-441-336#
The meeting code: emvo-medicines (not required when you use the above link)