2010 RAPS Annual Conference & Exhibition - October 24-27, 2010 - San Jose, CA, USA
Succeed in the Global Regulatory Landscape
http://www.raps.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Default.aspx?TabId=1556
On Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 1:30 p.m., Ms. Marcela Saad was a conference panelist presenting on the topic: "Latin America Regulatory Update (Pharma)". Regulatory affairs professionals, and others within the pharmaceutical industry, who maintain interest in the Latin American regulatory environment for pharmaceuticals may view the slide presentation here [PDF, 556KB, available in english only]. To explore avenues for growth within North and South America, interested parties are encouraged to contact Ms. Saad at .

Exterior façade of San Jose McEnery Convention Center and entry to Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) Annual Conference & Exhibition.

Ms. Saad (second from left, others left to right) with co-panelists, Nandan Mavinkurve, Associate Director Worldwide Regulatory Strategy at Pfizer Inc., Eileen McCall, Associate Regulatory Consultant Intercontinental Regulatory Affairs at Eli Lilly and Company, and Peter G. Robins, Senior Regulatory Consultant at Anson Group.

CPhI Worldwide - October 5-7, 2010 - Paris-Nord Villepinte, France
International Convention on Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Intermediates
http://www.cphi.com/
Once again acting for a Latin American client, Ms. Marcela Saad of MarcM Consulting Canada attended this industry-leading event at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre (Parc des Expositions Paris-Nord Villepinte) where the latest innovations, technologies, trends and developments in pharmaceutical ingredients, outsourcing, equipment and bio-solutions were on display.

(left) With Ruben Minardi, Director at CR9 Promoções, designer of trade stands for ABIQUIFI and other entities. (right) From left to right, Marco Quintão, Institutional Relations at Instituto Racine, Eliane de Britto Bahruth, Director Innovation for Economic and Social Development, Financier of Studies and Projects (FINEP) Brazilian Agency for Innovation, and Ms. Saad.

PSG Annual Conference 2010 (Symposium, Exhibition & Job Fair) - May 11, 2010 - Woodbridge, ON, Canada
Quality in Today's World
http://www.psg.ca/index.php?task=symposium
Ms. Marcela Saad of MarcM Consulting Canada once again was an active participant of the committee that organized the PSG Annual Conference. For 2010, this event featured speakers from Health Canada, FDA and the pharmaceutical industry covering topics that included QbD, new GMP guidelines and how industry can avoid regulatory delays. A summary of this event can be read at the following link [PDF, 77KB, available in english only].

The PSG Annual Conference Committee with the event's speakers at dinner on May 10th & [from left to right] Speakers Aloka Srinivasan, Chad Sheehy and Robert A. Yetter at their table during the conference.

Health Canada's booth in the exhibit hall & Vincent Tong from Health Canada's Ontario Operational Centre speaking about "Guidelines for Temperature Control of Drug Products during Storage and Transportation".

A view of the conference room during the event & Ms. Saad [at centre-left] with some members of the PSG Annual Conference Committee and Aloka Srinivasan from FDA.

All of the conference's presenters standing from left to right: Robert A. Yetter (FDA-CBER¹), Stuart Wright (i3 CanReg), Aloka Srinivasan (FDA-CDER²) and Chad Sheehy, Vincent Tong, Kevin Ching (Health Canada-HPFBI³).