World Drug Safety Summit

World’s greatest minds in drug safety, pharmacovigilance, data analysis, reporting, government policy, and innovative technology united under the Why Summits Future of Pharmacovigilance World Tour

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OUR STORY TO TELL THE WORLD

OUR CONFERENCE PROGRAM

This is not just another Drug safety conference. This is a conference which tells you a STORY. One personal experience followed by another, a storyline of exceptional people who happen to choose Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance as their way to bring needed medicines and protect those who are the most vulnerable, and to improve the health of millions of people on our planet. You will hear experts talk about the current issues in this ever-evolving industry. The best practice case studies on how to integrate new, disruptive technology into the rather rigid processes of PV organization and how it evolves to stay compliant. But how to do this with the more and more restrictive budget? How to prioritize, what methodologies to use for advanced therapies? What is the next evolution step in signal detection noise clearance? Are A.I.-based tools to become our colleagues, helpmates, or our replacement? Nonetheless, each company, department, and project starts with people. But how to build a winning cross-functional team and what kind of workforce is necessary for a drug safety department of the future? What kind of skills to expect from millennials and gen-z entering the industry and why do we need veterans in the industry as well? Challenges with innovations, outsourcing, everchanging regulatory landscape, harmonization, teaching other departments on how to use RWE data, and engaging the more and more aware public. All these topics we address, are conveyed having our mission in our mind, bringing medicines and new therapeutic indications to patients, faster, safer, and more sustainably. Our visionary keynote presentations and best practice case studies will complement engaging panel discussions with different speakers to better understand Pharmacovigilance challenges and solutions from different perspectives, with unique views coming from some of the most experienced and passionate professionals. Our conference will feature numerous assisted formal and informal networking, matchmaking, and breakout sessions to create those critical business friendships that will bring fruitful cooperation and fill that missing piece in our common mission to improve drug safety and quality of life for all.

KEY TOPICS

EVENT SPEAKERS

Erika Barbarosie

Associate Director - Compliance

Shaloo Padhi

Global Head Patient Safety
Sandoz

Michael Forstner

Head of Safety Science
SOBI

Sanjeev Srivastav

Signal Management Lead
BionTech

Minhaj Obeidullah

Head of Compliance and Risk Management
Novartis

Petros Mavrogenis

Head Vigilance Process Excellence
Novartis

Yvonne Nunciu

Pharmacovigilance Country Head
Bayer

Luvanka Hanxhari

Global Risk Management Plan Lead
Novartis

Sabine Poltermann

Country Head Patient Safety
BMS

Lisa Stagi

Patient Safety Country Cluser Lead
Roche

Santanu Mukhopadhyay

Head of Global Patient Safety
Merck

Elena Radu

Senior Global Drug Safety Physician
Basilea Pharmaceuticals

Nicolas Perez

Data Scientist
SwissMedic

Gurpreet Singh

Vice President Integrated Safety
IQVIA

Jeurgen Dietrich

Senior Data Lead Scientist
Bayer

Julien Castera

Senior Director, Global Risk Management & Safety Surveillance
Incyte

Marija Simic Koumoutsaris

Director Medical Safety
Sandoz

Marjan Dzeparoski

PV Manager & University lecturer
Bionica

Adriano Galati

Digital Safety Director Pharmacovigilance & Scientific Development
Roche

Jost Leemhuis

Safety Science partner & Global Business Lead
Roche

Sibel Guerler

Head Strategy & Safety Evolution
BMS

Alejandra Padovani

Medical Safety Director Gene Therapy
Uniqure

Testimonials

5/5
Absolutely a blast, thank you Tomas, Zuzana and Why Summits! There are a vast variety of topics, interesting and exicting conversations, insightful presentations about hashtag#patientsafety, hashtag#compliance, hashtag#signalmanagement and more. I’m humbled that I can be a part of this - unmatching educational experience.
Erika Barbarosie
Associate Director PV Compliance at Gilead Sciences
5/5
I had the pleasure of attending an insightful panel discussion featuring Pav Rishiraj, Gurpreet Singh, John Solomon MD, and Rishi C.! The pragmatic discussions truly reflected ground realities, and the practical tips provided were invaluable. Kudos to the organiser Tomas Rendek Why Summits for the excellent choice of topics and for bringing together the experts to address the real-world challenges in utilizing real-world evidence for patient safety.
Sanjeev Srivastav
Signal Management Lead at BioNTech
5/5
My highlights were hearing from the industry PV & Safety leaders, including: 📚 the brilliant panel with IPSEN's Pav Rishiraj, Sanofi's John Solomon MD and CSL's Rishi C. who spoke about the importance of PV leaders to educate their colleagues and leadership on the "What" they do, and "Why" they do it, so the role of patient safety is appreciated beyond simply the "Police" of Pharma.
Souhail Debaghi
Director of Sales at TriNetX
5/5
Thanks to the 9th Global Pharmacovigilance & RWE Forum speakers, particularly Michael von Forstner, Alexandru Barbarosie, MD, Arun Ravindran, MD, and Karen Cheng, for sharing their knowledge and experience. It was a great first Pharmacovigilance conference and a good chance to meet more like-minded people in the industry.
Cláudia Meneses
Senior Pharmacovigilance Officer at Sanofi
5/5
Finishing off Day 2 with my IQVIA colleague Gurpreet Singh taking part in an open plenary discussion about "collaborations with HCP's and utilising digital tools". I have thoroughly enjoyed the past 2 days of networking with my colleagues and industry professionals. Thank you to Why Summits & Tomas Rendek for wonderful organisation and to Erika Barbarosie for chairing the event! I look forward to Basel later in the year!
Lewis Atkinson
Director of Business Development for PV Drug Safety Technology at IQVIA
5/5
What an excellent 2-day event connecting with friends and industry colleagues, old and new. There was plenty to digest, lots of learnings and take home messages whilst we shared best practices. Looking forward to the next one!
Nick Nikberg
Senior Safety Specialist, AstraZeneca

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