HUG Meeting 21 - 23 March 2006, Rome, Italy

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Presentations

Day 1: 21 March 2006

• Welcome, Alvaro Fusetti, CEO GS1 Italy
• The HUG – Mission and Vision, R. Hollander, Pfizer, HUG Co-Chair
• HUG Work Teams - Updates
  • Communication & Coordination, Jim Willmott, Smiths Medical
  • Standards Implementation/ Regulatory Affairs, T. Werthwine, Johnson & Johnson MD / J. Elkin, Medtronic
  • Standards Development, P. Tomicki, Baxter / Mark d’Agostino, Vice President, Standards Management GS1 Global Office
  • Business Case, E. Dzwill, Johnson & Johnson Pharma
  • Vaccines & Biologicals, Stephen Hess, Merck / Bruce Cohen, GSK
  • GTIN Allocation Rules, Mark Walchak, Pfizer and Mark Hoyle, Tyco
  • Instruments & Implants, Volker Zeinar, B.Braun
• The view of the hospital
  • University Hospital of Geneva, Christian Lovis, Head of Clinical Informatics Unit
  • Traceability in a French hospital, François Bisch, University hospital of Dijon
  • The new French E-procurement-platform – 17 University Hospitals working together, Pascal Mariotti, University Hospital of Lyon
• The view of the wholesaler
  • European Association of Pharmaceutical Full-line Wholesalers (GIRP), Monika Derecque-Pois, Secretary General GIRP

Day 2: 22 March 2006

• The Healthcare Supply Chain in Italy
  • Italian Ministry of Health, Dr. Walter Bergamaschi, Italian Ministry of Health
  • DAFNE, Consortium among Pharma Manufacturers and Wholesalers, Dr. Stefano Novaresi, Group Operations Director, Comifar
  • Farmindustria, Sergio Liberatore, President of Schering Italia, Vice-President (no slides were used to accompany this presentation)
  • Association of Wholesalers in Italy (ADF), Dr. Sergio Sparacio, General Manager
  • Italian Associations of Pharmacies, D. Perroni, Federfarma
  • Italian Hospital Association (FIASO), Nicola Pinelli, General Manager FIASO

Day 3: 23 March 2006

• Report back to plenary from work teams
  • Standards Implementation/ Regulatory Affairs, T. Werthwine, Johnson & Johnson MD / J. Elkin, Medtronic
  • Standards Development, P. Tomicki, Baxter
  • Business Case, E. Dzwill, Johnson & Johnson Pharma
  • Vaccines & Biologicals, Stephen Hess, Merck / Bruce Cohen, GSK
  • GTIN Allocation Rules (Pharma) , Mark Walchak, Pfizer
  • GTIN Allocation Rules (Medical Devices), Jim Willmott, Smiths Medical
  • Instruments & Implants, Volker Zeinar, B.Braun
• European Medical Technology Industry Association (Eucomed), Claes Wallér, Vice President, Cook Group Europe
• Traceability in Healthcare
  • The new GS1 Global Traceability Standard, Miodrag Mitic, General Manager GS1 Solutions, GS1 Global Office
  • Traceability in another market, Hans Kraft, Syngenta
  • EPC global – the Healthcare and Life Sciences Business Action Group (HLS BAG) and e-pedigree, Mike Rose, VP Johnson & Johnson, RFID/EPCglobal Value Chain / Ron Bone,VP McKesson
  • Case study: The Viagra RFID pilot - enhancing patient safety and combating counterfeiting, Rich Hollander, Pfizer

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