Are you up-to-date with best practices and policies to improve access to medicines and health products? Technical Briefing Seminar May 2023

8 – 12 May 2023

After a three year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Access to Medicines and Health Products Division hosted the Technical Briefing Seminar (TBS) on medicines and health products between 8-12 May 2023. This year the TBS was facilitated in a hybrid format for the first time since its inception 25 years ago. 

Meeting Materials

Agenda

PRESENTATIONS

DAY 1 - 8 May 2023

  1. WHO Strategy to improve access to quality-assured health products - Clive Ondari
  2. Collaboration of WHO with the Regions, Countries and Partnership - Christophe Rérat
  3. WHO Regulatory and Prequalification activities - Rogerio Pinto de Sá Gaspar (Presented by Hiiti Silo)
  4. WHO role in building effective and efficient regulatory systems for health products -  Hiiti Sillo
  5. WHO Regulatory System Strengthening activities - Alireza Khadem (Presented by Hiiti Sillo)
  6. Strengthening the regulation of health products through networking, cooperation and harmonization - Samvel Azatyan
  7. WHO guidelines on Good Reliance Practices: applicability and prospects for implementation - Samvel Azatyan

DAY 2 - 9 May 2023

  1. The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines: focus on antimicrobials and cancer medicines - Benedikt Huttner
  2. Developing and updating a National List of Essential Medicines: Challenges and opportunities for the countries - Lorenzo Moja
  3. Country pharmaceutical pricing policies - Klara Tisocki & Kiu Tay-Teo
  4. Monitoring Availability, Price, and Affordability - Swathi Iyengar
  5. Interfaces between public health and Intellectual property - Erika Dueñas Loayza

DAY 3 – 10 May 2023

  1. WHO norms and standards for the evaluation of biological products - Ivana Knezevic
  2. Updates on Norms and Standards for Pharmaceuticals- Luther Gwaza
  3. Procurement of health products; Procurement Principles, Forecasting and shortages - Lisa Hedman
  4. WHO Standard Emergency Health Kits - Sophie Laroche
  5. Prioritizing Medical Devices: Update on the global situation and sourcing for information - Adriana Velazquez & Ana Aceves Capri
  6. Access to assistive technology the global situation and role of pharmacy - Kylie Shae & Irene Calvo

DAY 4 - 11 May 2023

  1. Prequalification of Health Products: Overview of PQ processes and supporting activities - Lawrence Nzumbu
  2. Prequalification of Health Products: medicines, vaccines, in vitro diagnostics and vector control products - Dominic Schuler
  3. PHEIC termination-transition to PQ of vaccines and IVDs - Carmen Rodriguez Hernandez
  4. INN and Classification of Medical Products - Raffaella Balocco & Antonio Romeo
  5. Quality Assurance in Procurement - Sophie Laroche
  6. Global Fund, Accelerating equitable access to health products - Scott Dubin
  7. Substandard and Falsified Products Surveillance and Monitoring System - Leticia Megias Lastra & Rutendo Kuwana

DAY 5 - 12 May 2023

  1. Local Production and Technology Transfer- Jicui Dong
  2. Pharmacovigilance in WHO: new challenges and opportunities - Shanthi Pal & Ayako Fukushima
  3. Access to Controlled Medicines and WHO mandate to operate the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence - Dilkushi Poovendran & Kiu Tay-Teo
  4. WHO’s Partners experience and initiatives to support access to medical products - Rawan Saadeh