M3 - Symposium: The COVID-19 Pandemic – Challenges faced and adaptations made by regulatory agencies

FIP Forum of Pharmacy Professional Regulators – Business meeting and symposium

Introduction

By invitation only to organisations with regulatory roles. Contact Ms Paula Cohen for additional information (paula@fip.org).

Programme

13.00

Welcome, introductions and opening address

 

Sylvain Grenier, Chair of the FIP Regulators Forum

All participants to state their name and organisation

   

 

BUSINESS MEETING OF THE FORUM

13.05

Part 1: Background and Update on the Forum

Sylvain Grenier, Chair of the FIP Regulators Forum

   

13.15

Part 2: Forum Governance and FIP Leadership Discussions, including elections for the Chair and ratification of the volunteers who will support the Chair in 2020-2021

Sylvain Grenier, Chair of the FIP Regulators Forum

   

13.30

SYMPOSIUM: The COVID-19 Pandemic – Challenges Faced and Adaptations Made by Regulatory Agencies

   

13.30

 

Introduction – 5 min

Sylvain Grenier, Chair of the FIP Regulators Forum

Regulatory responses to COVID-19 – 50 min

(Five presentations, 10 min each )

1.     USA – National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

Carmen Catizone, Senior Advisor and former CEO

2.     France – French Chamber of Pharmacists

Carine Wolf-Thal, President (TBC)

3.     Australia – Pharmacy Board of Australia

Brett Simmonds, Chair

4.     Brazil – Federal Council of Pharmacy

Walter da Silva João, President

5.     Canada – National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities

Adele Fifield, Executive Director

   

14.25

 

Questions from the audience and brief comments on experiences from other countries – 30 min

Moderated by Sylvain Grenier, Chair of the FIP Regulators Forum

   

14.55

Closing remarks

Sylvain Grenier, Chair of the FIP Regulators Forum