EXPERT SPEAKERS CONFIRMED - MedPharmPlast Europe has partnered with Toxikon to invite you to their joint event on 28 - 29 June 2017 in Leuven

We hereby invite you to the joint event of MedPharmPlast Europe and Toxikon on 28 - 29 June 2017 at Toxikon Europe in Leuven.

Interested? Then register here.

 

PROGRAMME: 28 June 2017 - Toxikon Workshop on Material Characterisation

10:00 - 10:30	Registration & Welcome Coffee
10:30 - 10:45	Welcome by MedPharmPlast Europe & Toxikon
10.45 - 11:15	Compendial [EP/USP]: what’s new & changing? - Frank De Smedt, Toxikon
11:15 - 11:45	What’s the additional information from an extractables study vs a compendial study? - Piet Christiaens, Toxikon
11:45 - 12:15	Incorporation of compendial and extractables testing in the strategy of a raw material supplier - James Stern, Application Marketing Manager - Healthcare, Borealis
12:15 - 12:45	A case study from routine Compendial / Extractables testing - Stephan Nolwenn, Nemera
12:45 - 13:30	Networking Lunch
13:30 - 14:00	A view from a Notified Body on Medical Device Regulations (chemical characterization) - Francoise Schlemmer, The European Association for Medical Devices of Notified Bodies
14:00 - 14:45	Chemical characterisation of medical devices: what’s important and will be important? - Sophie Michel, Toxikon
14:45 - 15:15	Selection of materials and biocompatibility studies from the perspective of a starting medical device company - Vanessa Vankerckhoven & Koen Beyers, Novasanis
15:15 - 15:45	Medical device producer’s view - speaker tbc
16:00 - 17:00	Company visit & lab tour
17:00	Networking Drinks

 

PROGRAMME: 29 June 2017 - MedPharmPlast Europe Conference 2017

9:00 - 10:00	Registration & Welcome Coffee
10:00 - 10:15	Welcome - Christian Meusinger, MPPE President
10:15 - 10:45	Development of the definition of Medical Grade - Mike Freudenstein, Director Marketing Healthcare, ALBIS
10:45 - 12:15	Material Conformity Assessment - Notified Bodies What is currently required to demonstrate material conformity? Examples of rejected conformity assessments What will change in material conformity assessment under the MDR? Panel Discussion
12:15 - 13:15	Networking Lunch
13:15 - 14:00	Update on the implementation of the Medical Device Regulation - Davide.Panzeri & Gavia Taan, Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
14:00 - 14:15	Networking Coffee
14:15 - 14:45	Risk to supply chain - threat from counterfeit - Steve Duckworth, Head of Global Segment Healthcare Polymer Solutions, Clariant
14:45 - 15:15	Developments in the Materials Section in the European Pharmacopoeia - speaker tbc
	Closing

 

REGISTRATION

To register for one or both of the days, please fill in the registration from here.

 

DELEGATE FEE

Toxikon Workshop - 28 June 2017: for free

MedPharmPlast Europe Conference - 29 June 2017: 200 EUR (excl. VAT)

 

MEETING DATE, TIME & VENUE

Wednesday & Thursday, 28 - 29 June 2017

Toxikon Europe
Romeinsestraat 12
3001 Leuven
Belgium

 

ACCOMMODATION

We recommend the following two hotels in Leuven:

• Novotel Leuven Centrum, Vuurkruisenlaan 4, 3000 Leuven, Belgium 
  • Single room at € 135,00 per room per night, including breakfast, services and VAT
  • Double/twin room at € 150,00 per room per night, including breakfast, services and VAT

You can make your booking via the attached registration form and send it to [email protected] or by calling +32 16 21 33 37, mentioning the event.

 

• ParkInn by Radisson, Martelarenlaan 36, 3010 Leuven, Belgium 
  • Single room at € 132,00 per room per night, including breakfast, services and VAT
  • Double/twin room at € 142,00 per room per night, including breakfast, services and VAT

You can make your booking via the attached registration form and send it back to the email address indicated in the registration form. You can also call +32 16 61 66 00 or send an email to [email protected], using the reference code "Toxicon".

 

 

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our joint event!

 

About MedPharmPlast Europe

MedPharmPlast Europe is a sector group of EuPC created in 2014 by and for companies involved in the whole supply chain of plastic medical devices and pharmaceutical packaging in Europe. It assists companies in these industry sectors by keeping them informed about the latest developments in European regulations and their impact on the medical device and pharmaceutical packaging plastics value chain. MedPharmPlast Europe also represents the interests of the industry to the European legislators and tries to arrive at regulations that are both workable and protect the patient.

About Toxikon Europe

Toxikon Europe, an FDA registered and ISO 17025 accredited CRO, contracts and partners with Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Medical Device industries to deliver worldwide analytical and microbiological compliances and release testing.

Toxikon has great expertise in:

• Extractables and Leachables testing
• (Bio)Pharmaceutical services
• Microbiology services
• Medical Devices testing

It provides services with state-of-the-art equipment and the technical expertise of its people to generate timely reports with high quality data.