17th PIC/S EXPERT CIRCLE ON HUMAN BLOOD AND TISSUE

Update on international activities and training courses and workshops

September 28th to October 1st, 2010


Please note there may be some adjustments made to the meeting program.

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Monday September 27th, 2010

16h00 - 17h00 

18h30 - 20h00
 Steering Committee Pre-Meeting

 Welcome Cocktail at the Timhotel Opéra Madeleine



Tuesday September 28th, 201
9H00-9h30



9H30-10H00

10h00-13h00



10h00-10h20


10h20-10h40



10h40-11h00


11h00-11h20

11h20-11h40


11h40-12h00

12h00-12h20


12h20-12h40

13h00-14h30

14h30 – 17h30



14h30-14h50


14h50-15h10


15h10-15h30

 15h30-15h45



15h45-16h05

16h05-16h25

16h25-16h45

16h45-17h05


17h05-17h25

 Registration

Session A

 Welcome & Introduction

 Session B (moderator : Jean-Marc Spieser)

 BLOOD

 Council of Europe: Guide to the preparation, use and quality assurance
 of blood component

 EUBIS: Achievements of the project

 TISSUES

 American Association of Tissue Bank (AATB):
 Accreditation versus inspection of tissue establishments

 Coffee break

 Council of Europe : Trafficking in organs, tissues and cells - joint council
 of Europe united nations study

 WHO : The Guiding Principles of 2009

 US FDA : Current US Situation on Inspections and Enforcement for Human
 Tissue

 PMDA Japan: Inspection results in Japan

 Lunch

Session C

 CELLS

 French Biomedicine Agency: Cord blood for autologous use: An issue
 for competent authorities 

 Health Science Authority Singapore : Human Cell & Tissue-based Therapeutic Products Regulations in Singapore

 French Biomedicine Agency: Vigilance on ART

 Coffee break

 MISCELLANEOUS

 European commission : latest development related to human substances

 IAEA:
Key elements of inspection of  irradiation facilities and processes

 ISO: The development of ISO standards

 ISO: Application of risk management to viable material of human origin
 used for the production of medicinal products (a new ISO norm) 

 PIC/S: The PIC/S Aide Memoire on Inspection of Testing Laboratories 
 




Susanne Douglas TGA (Chairman of the PICS)




Marie-Emmanuelle 
Behr-Gross

Chritian Seidl



Scott Brubaker




Aysegül Elveris


Luc Noel

Mary A. Malarkey


Tsuguo Sasaki







Catherine Faucher


Goh Choon Wee


Anne Pariente





Stefaan Van Der Spiegel
Jan Wondergem

Gabrielle Troescher

Sabine Kloth


Patrick Costello





Wednesday September 29th, 2010

9H00- 12h45




















12h45-13h45

13h45-17h30
Session D

Inspector Training extracts from the
Eustite project training course

Tutors : Deirdre Fehily and Margarida Amil

Facilitators : Artur Kaminsky, Susanne Douglas,Fewzi Teskrat and Fernando Figueira 

 Part 1 : workshops

1. Four case studies : 1, 2, 3, 4

              --> Attendees split in 4 discussion groups

2. Plenary session

             --> Sharing of results and key conclusions for the four case
                  studies 

  Lunch

  Session E

 Part 2 : role plays 
 3 role plays
 Methodology: During each role play, players will be in 2 groups (3 person
 per group, inspectors and inspectees) . All other participants will actively
 record observations.
 Face to face discussion on each topic addressed in the role plays.
 Plenary session for discussion on each role play.



Thurday September 30th, 2010

9H00-12h15


















12h15-13h15

13h15-17h00











19H00-00h00
Session F

Technical communication and Workshop

Tutors : Michel Combet (MC+) and Philippe Duheim (Interteck)

 Facilitators : Patrick Costello, Diane Maloney and Susanne Douglas

 Part 1: Technical communication

- Key issues for Qualification and Validation, General methodology and documentation

- Key issues for HVAC system (Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning) and introduction to ISO 14 644 standards.

- Key issues for the test of thermostatic chamber and cryogenic system

 Lunch

Session G

 Part 2: Workshop

 Objective: As an application of the part 1, the objective is to build practical
 tools for Qualification file evaluation for equipments and HVAC system.

 Methodology : Attendees will be split in working groups.

 Sharing of results and conclusions for each subject


 Social event : dinner at the “Musée d’Orsay”- Orsay Museum in Paris

 19h00-21h00: Free visit of the museum

 21h15: Dinner





Friday October 1st, 2010

9h30 – 12h30


9h30-9h45



9h45-10h45




10h45-11h00

11h00-11h20


11h20-11h40


11h40-12h00


12h00-12h20


12h20-12h40


12h40-13h00

13h00-13h15


13h15-14h30

14h30-16h30
 Session H
(moderator : Susanne Douglas & Scott Brubaker)

Speech of General Director



 Presentation of the outcome of the day 3 workshop in plenary session
   - Checklist for HVAC System
   - Checklist for thermostatic chamber

Coffee break

 ATMP: From research to the marketing authorization 


 ASST : results of the cooperation between ASST and Afssaps in the
 inspection field

 SOHO V&S project (new EU project): Vigilance and Surveillance of Substances of Human Origin

 Afssaps: Preliminary results on the survey on fraudulent and illegal
 activities for tissues and cells

 ANVISA: Brazilian regulation on blood, cell, tissues and organ-inspection
 and risk evaluation's approach

 Conclusion of the 17th session of the Expert Circle

 Presentation of the Next PIC/S meeting in Estonia


 Lunch

 Steering Committee Post-Meeting




Jean Marimbert (General Director of Afssaps)



Michel Combet and Philippe Duhem



Odile Damour and Ayumi Murayama

Margarida Amil


Deirdre Fehily and Fewzi Teskrat

Frances Delaney


Christiane da Silva Costa

Susanne Douglas

Svetlana Orlova (Estonian State Agency of Medecines)