4th ISoP-UMC Training

4-6 September 2017 | Panama city, Panama

Organised by: ISoP / UMC

Pharmacovigilance concepts and tools in Latin America

This three day-course was conducted with expertise from UMC and ISoP, and designed to address the practical and theoretical aspects of pharmacovigilance. Part of the training also addressed the safety monitoring of biotherapeutics and vaccines, and the problem of antibiotic resistance.

Target audience included regulatory agencies, hospitals, universities as well as industry professionals in all areas of pharmacovigilance and those staff members in related functions, such as clinical trials, technical product complaints, medical information, sales and marketing, regulatory affairs, legal affairs and audits. Lectures, working groups and panel discussions were the training methods.

The programme covered topics such as:

• Individual case safety reports and Spontaneous Reporting Systems
• Signal detection and management
• Clinical assessment of signals
• Assessment of benefits and harms
• Antibiotic resistance
• Risk communication
• Pharmacovigilance on vaccines
• Biotherapeutics
• Pharmacovigilance in Public Health Programmes

There was ample opportunity to exchange views and ideas in discussions following individual presentations, after the panel discussion at the end of the seminar and during coffee breaks.

The course faculty consisted of international and LATAM experts in pharmacovigilance, representing government, academia, and industry. Some lectures in Spanish and the others had simultaneous translation.

Programme

Meeting Venue

InterContinental Miramar Hotel is located in the Financial District of Panama City and a short distance from restaurants and shops. Very central, the hotel with breathtaking ocean views and overlooking the bay of Panama, is 10 minutes drive from the Historic Centre and the Panama Channel Museum, and 22 kilometers from the international airport, Tocumen International Airport with many destinations in South America (There are direct and stop-over flights to Panama from the main capitals of the world).

Entering in Panama, useful information at visitpanama.com

Accommodation

InterContinental Miramar Hotel
Single room from 75 US$ + 10% tax (breakfast included) – Rooms subject to availability (special rate until 18 August) – Wifi access. Information about reservation at groups@bernhotelspanama.com