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The second EIPG/PIER Webinar of 2021 will be held in conjunction with UCC School of Pharmacy on Monday 10th May 2021. The topic is 'The importance of Knowledge Management in both the Development and Manufacture of Medicinal Products'.
See attached flyer for registration details EIPG PIER 'Knowledge Management' webinar_10th May 2021.Please be aware that you will receive connection details for the webinar when you register and will need to keep the Zoom meeting details to join the webinar.
DCC Vital is a leading healthcare business in Britain and Ireland and has an ambition to be one of the leading players in the supply of products and services to the healthcare sector in Europe. The Pharma business in Ireland includes Medisource and Fannin Pharma. Medisource are leaders in the sourcing and supply of exempt medicinal products for supply within Ireland and internationally. Fannin Pharma delivers sales, marketing & distribution services across hospitals, primary & community care.
The business is currently recruiting for two pharmacist roles:
- Group Pharmacist DCC Vital Group Pharmacist Role Description_March 2021
- Pharmacist. This role would suit a recetjly qualified pharmacist interested in a career in industry. DCC Vital Pharmacist Role Description_April 2021.
Posted 15th April 2021
DCC Vital is a leading healthcare business in Britain and Ireland and has an ambition to be one of the leading players in the supply of products and services to the healthcare sector in Europe. The Pharma business in Ireland includes Medisource and Fannin Pharma. Medisource are leaders in the sourcing and supply of exempt medicinal products for supply within Ireland and internationally. Fannin Pharma delivers sales, marketing & distribution services across hospitals, primary & community care.
The Irish business is now recruiting for a Group Pharmacist. See job description for further information DCC Vital Group Pharmacist Role Description_March 2021.
Posted 4 March 2021
PIER had a busy mainly virtual year in 2020. See reflection on the years activites PIER 2020 Reflection.
PIER is delighted to be collaborating with The Irish Pharmaceutical Student Association (IPSA) to organise a virtual information event on opportunities for early career pharmacists through graduate programmes.
For further information, see event flyer PIER IPSA virtual graduate programme information event_25 Feb 2021.
The first EIPG/PIER Webinar of 2021 will be held in conjunction with UCC School of Pharmacy on Wednesday 3rd February 2021. It is entitled: “The Practical Implementation of EU Regulations for Medical Devices and in vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices”.
Regulation 2017/745 on Medical Devices (MDR) and Regulation 2017/746 on In-Vitro Diagnostic Devices (IVDR) were agreed at a political level between the three relevant European institutions (European Council, European Parliament and European Commission) and entered into force in May 2017. The Regulations have a staggered transitional period with some aspects becoming legally binding after 6 months of entry into force. The MDR was due to become fully applicable on 26 May 2020 after a three-year transition period. However, due to the global outbreak of Covid-19, full application of the MDR has been postponed and will become fully applicable on 26 May 2021. The IVDR will be fully applicable on 26 May 2022, after a five-year transition period.
The speaker is John Deavin, a pharmacist and Qualified Person who has been responsible for the registration of a large range of medical devices during his career in Regulatory Affairs.
Compliance with the general safety and performance requirements for labelling, technical documentation and quality management systems for medical devices will be some of the subjects discussed. The importance of clinical evaluation, classification of devices and the roles of the Competent Authorities, the European Commission, the Medical Device Coordination Group, Notified Bodies and EUDAMED will be explained.
See attached flyer for registration details EIPG MDR IVDR webinar_3rd Feb 2021. Please be aware that you will receive connection details for the webinar when you register and will need to keep the Zoom meeting details to join the webinar.
InPharma is a MSCA European Industrial Doctorate programme offering a comprehensive training program addressing the challenges of developing emerging drug candidates into new licensed medicines, including innovative modeling and bio-predictive tools tailored to streamline the oral drug product development process. InPharma brings together global pharmaceutical companies and leading research institutions together as a multi-sectorial team to deliver a unique research and training programme for 13 Early Stage Researchers (ESR) to complete their industrially based PhDs. It is a great opportunity for someone who would like to do their PhD at a university across Europe.See website for further details https://www.inpharma-network.eu/open-positions/.
The School of Pharmacy in UCC is one of the partner academic institutions and are currently recruiting for two positions (ideally a pharmacy graduate).
- ESR2: Modelling drug-excipient solubilisation interactions to predict excipient selection Host: Roche (Switzerland) & UCC (Ireland)
- ESR4: Molecular dynamics simulations to predict drug supersaturation in microemulsion formulations Host: UCC (Ireland)
For further information, see https://www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancies/research/full-details-1258321-en.html.
The deadline for the on-line application is 15 January 2021.
Applicants will only be notified if they have been shortlisted for interview by an InPharma recruitment committee. The selected candidates after interview will be expected to start their research as quickly as possible (target: February – April 2021).
The PIER Committee invite you to attend the 2020 AGM virtually on Tuesday evening 1st December 2020 from 8.30pm. All members welcome to attend.
A number of positions on the committee are available. Expressions of interest can be emailed to membership@pier.ie.
Register via https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Dho1HM6iKtN-y71C15CG3cSI3SIyCI1zBg5drtja_ao/edit#responses
Useful Links
- Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (APS)
- European Industrial Pharmacist Group (EIPG)
- European Industrial Pharmacists Group Newsletter
- European Medicines Agency (EMA)
- Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA)
- Irish Institute of Pharmacy (IIOP)
- Irish Medical Device Association (IMDA)
- Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Assocation (IPHA)
- Pharmaceutical Managers Institute (PMI)
- Pharmachemical Ireland
- The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI)
- UK & Ireland Controlled Release Society (UKICRS)
- The Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs (TOPRA)
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