8 :30 AM : breakfast reception

Welcome by the Presidents of the Cold Chain for Health Products Committee

Opening speech given the President of the Scientific Committee

Presentations  given by the Presidents of AFF and SFSTP.

Identify new regulations and standards at national and international levels. Analyse their impacts on technical and human resources.

Propose ideas concerning improvements for all cold-chain stakeholders.

• Update on WHO health-product management
• Training in the cold chain domain: new context, new stakes
• Current draft French, European and international standards
• The cold chain and future European Good Distribution Practice (GDP)

11 am – 11:30 am : Break

Present methodological and practical tools at the disposal of pharmacists who are in contact with patients: identification of deficiencies in the field, presentation of existing means, prospects for optimization and practical cases.

• Presentation of the work of the sub-commission: self-evaluation questionnaire concerning management of the cold chain in retail pharmacy, for pharmacists
• Hospital centers: optimize preservation and heat-sensitive processes using simple measures
• Lessons learnt in the field and prospects for qualification: self-assessment and temperature in premises used to store pharmaceuticals

11 am – 11:30 am : Break

Propose a risk-analysis process along with solutions in order to guarantee the quality of heat-sensitive products throughout the distribution chain

• Implementation of risk analysis in the distribution field
• Management of shipments of heat-sensitive products: impact of the load test selected
• Transport solutions for hospital centers: current status
• Wholesale distribution within the French Army Health Service

1:00 pm-2:30 pm : Lunch at the conference venue

Define the principles and methods in order to control temperature measurement.

• Criteria governing the suitability of measuring instruments used to measure the temperature of heat-sensitive products
• Time-temperature integrators: from standardization to application in the management of the dedicated blood transfusion cold chain
• Stability study and risk management in the cold chain
• The principle of simplified mapping of a thermostatic chamber
• Why should relative humidity control be applied to storage premises and how can it be achieved?

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm : Break

How can the quality and integrity of heat-sensitive products be ensured?

• Practical cases and challenges inherent in the cold chain in pharmacy

8:00 PM: Gala dinner at Christian Têtedoie’s gourmet restaurant