The Georgia Center

Agenda

THIRTY SECOND INTERNATIONAL
GOOD MANUFACTURING
PRACTICES CONFERENCE

“GMP’s in a Changing World”

An Industry and FDA Perspective on GMP Topics of Current Interest

March 10 - 13, 2008

Sponsored by
The University of Georgia
College of Pharmacy
Georgia Center for Continuing Education
and the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

DISCLAIMER: ALL Invited speakers have accepted BUT are on a “Subject to Availability” condition

Conference Enrollment Limited to 400 Participants

The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will co-sponsor the Thirty Second International Good Manufacturing Practices Conference in Athens, Georgia on March 10 - 13, 2008. Speakers from the Food and Drug Administration, pharmaceutical industry and academe will present topics of interest dealing with changing nature of cGMP's worldwide. The tone of the conference will be informal and relaxed. Casual dress is suggested. All presentations and activities are planned to provide ample time for those discussions that make this conference especially valuable.

OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this Conference, attending participants should be able to:

  • experience an opportunity and environment for constructive discussion of GMP and product quality related issues;
  • gain insightful knowledge about forthcoming policies related to pharmaceutical production;
  • hear directly from the leaders of the FDA and industry on matters concerning drug, device and biologic production;
  • learn more about the recent laws passed by Congress affecting FDA and the Pharmaceutical industry;
  • gain knowledge about FDAs approach to current issues like outsourcing and supply chain control;

and

  • review and discuss FDA enforcement activities related to the pharmaceutical industry
Monday, March 10, 2008
12:00 - 8:00pm Registration Conference Registration Desk
5:00 - 9:00pm Networking Reception Hill Atrium
Tuesday, March 11
7:00 - 8:30am Late Registration Conference Registration Desk
7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast Buffet Banquet Area
ALL SESSIONS IN MAHLER AUDITORIUM
Session Moderator: Barbara Wood
8:20 a.m. Conference Orientation
- Gary J. Dykstra
8:30 Welcome
- Malcolm L. Frazier
8:45 Discussion of drug issues with Questions and Answers
- Andrew von Eschenbach
- Jeffrey M. Leiden
10:15 Refreshment Break
Session Moderator: Tor Graberg
10:30 International Issues Affecting Medical Products
- Cledwyn Davies
- Chad Sheehy
11:30 Panel for Questions and Answers
- Tuesday Morning Presenters
12:00 Networking Luncheon Banquet Area
Session Moderator: Douglas I. Ellsworth
1:00 The NEW G.M.P. Regulations
- Joseph C. Famulare
- Martin VanTrieste
2:30 Refreshment Break
2:45 Outsourcing/Supply Chain/Quality Control Issues
- Edwin Rivera Martinez
4:00 Panel for Questions and Answers
5:30 Adjourn
6:00 Social
7:00 Dinner
NOTE: HOSPITALITY ROOMS OPEN
Wednesday, March 12
7:00 - 8:30am Breakfast buffet Banquet Area
Session Moderator: Maria Guazzaroni Jacobs
8:30am O R A Re-organization
- Malcolm L. Frazier
9:00 Factors Critical to Quality Systems – An Industry View
- Stephen Brooks
9:30 Refreshment Break
9:45 Discussion of ICH and Q-8, Q-9, and Q-10 Documents
- Dave Chesney
- Edwin Rivera Martinez
- Tor Graberg
11:00 Panel for Questions and Answers
- All Morning Presenters
12:00 Networking Luncheon Banquet Area
Session Moderator: Leigh Hayes
1:00pm Policies and Procedures Affecting Combination Products
- Leigh Hayes
- James Cohen
2:30 Refreshment Break
Session Moderator: Alan G. Minsk
2:45 Panel discussion on Recent Laws Passed by Congress Affecting Both FDA and the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Alan G. Minsk
- Steven Silverman
- David R. Schoneker
4:00 Panel for Questions and Answers
- All Afternoon Presenters
5:30 Adjourn
6:00pm Social/Reception Atrium Area
7:00 Dinner [by Request/Order] Banquet Area
8:00pm Dessert Reception Atrium Area
NOTE: HOSPITALITY ROOMS OPEN
Thursday, March 13
7:00 - 8:00am Breakfast Buffet Banquet Area
Morning Moderator: Robert Coleman
FDA GMP UPDATES
8:00 Compliance Update Issues – any or ALL 483 activities
- Philip S. Campbell
8:45 Update on Compliance - Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
- Edwin Rivera-Martinez
9:30 Counterfeit Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Randy McKay
10:15 Refreshment Break
10:30 Panel for Questions and Answers
12:00 Adjourn
12:00 Luncheon for Post-Conference Tutorial Participants Banquet Area
POST-CONFERENCE TUTORIAL
Moderating: Charles G. Gammill
1:00pm Quality by Design and Risk Management
- Thomas Garcia
- Kelly Canter
- John Clark
- Nick Buhay
4:30pm Adjourn

2008 GMP CONFERENCE

PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE

GARY J. DYKSTRA, Director, Biomedical Continuing Education, College of Pharmacy, The University of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia

CHARLES G. GAMMILL, Ed.D., R.Ph., Director, Pharmaceutical and Industrial Continuing Education Programs College of Pharmacy, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

BALLARD H. GRAHAM, Divisional Vice-President, Global Compliance, Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois

THOMAS E. NEEDHAM, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmaceutics, Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, Kingston, Rhode Island

RONALD F. TETZLAFF, Ph.D., Corporate Vice President, PAREXEL Consulting, Duluth, Georgia

BARBARA A. WOOD, Director, Import Operations, Southeast Region, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Atlanta, Georgia