Jeddah hosts the 2nd Annual MENA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Congress on 29 November – 1 December 2016. The congress is currently supported by local and International pharmaceutical associations such as the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society, the Saudi Pharmacists E-UNION and the Moroccan Association of Pharmaceutical Industry. The Congress is organized by Maarefah Management and sponsored by Julphar and Finesse Solutions.
Regional and international prominent experts in different areas of pharmaceutical manufacturing will come together in this congress including, Eng. Nizar Al Hariri, Vice President NICDP – Pharmaceutical and Biotech, and responsible for the Pharma Development in the National Transformation Program, National Industrial Clusters Development Program, KSA, Dr. Bassam Almadhoun, Quality Unit Manager and Technical Training Manager, Pharmaceutical Solutions Industry(PSI), KSA, Mohamed Fayez, Head of 3PM (Third Party Manufacturing) Middle East, Turkey & Africa, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, UAE
This year's agenda provides a comprehensive review of the current issues and recent advances in the pharmaceutical sector, that include pharmaceutical industry, coordination of common policies that support pharmaceutical industry in the region, challenges in the pharmaceutical industry in the MENA region, necessity of global and regional cooperation, enabling partnerships between the private and public sectors in the pharmaceutical industry in MENA region, promoting the manufacturing of bio-alternatives and controlling the strategies of temperature and storage conditions of drugs.
Furthermore, the congress will feature interactive case-studies, panel discussions that are delivered by prominent regional pharmaceutical experts such as Dr.Khaled El Shammri - Director Regulatory Affairs and Products Development at SPIMACO, KSA, Ramy Fayed - General Manager at AbbVie, KSA, Dr. Rawidh Alsaidalani - Industrial Pharmacy/Teaching Staff at Albatterjee Medical College Jeddah, KSA, Dr. Wasif Syed Azeem - Director Quality Operations, Jamjoom Pharma, KSA, Shady Naeem Hussien - Quality Assurance Manager, Pharmaceutical Solutions Industries PSI, KSA