Speakers and sponsors flock to participate at ProcureCon Pharma 2012

Nov. 2, 2011 - PRLog -- This two-day pharma outsourcing event, entitled ProcureCon Pharma, will take place in Zürich on 28th-29th February 2012.


ProcureCon Pharma 2012 is the latest offering from the ProcureCon team, who already hold three major industry events within the European procurement community: ProcureCon Europe, ProcureCon Indirect and the ProcureCon CPO Roundtables.

The ProcureCon Pharma agenda has been written with CPOs very much front of mind, and the production process has been guided at every stage by an independent Advisory Board – this goes some way to explaining how this boutique pharmaceutical sourcing conference has managed to attract so many high level speakers, including:

•   Ashley Readshaw, Chief Procurement Officer, AstraZeneca
•   Jean-Philippe Collin, VP, Chief Procurement Officer, Sanofi –Aventis
•   Susannah Gooch, Regional Director of Global Purchasing - Europe and EMEA, Abbott
•   Mark Hollison, Procurement Director, Napp Pharmaceuticals
•   Dr Volker Hartmann, Head of Corporate Purchasing, Boehringer Ingelheim
•   Imtiaz Naqui, Head of Purchasing UK, Teva Pharmaceuticals
•   Paula Gildert, Head of Development  Strategic Sourcing, Novartis
•   Nick Welby, Head of Operations Procurement, AstraZeneca
•   Richard Pompe, Group R&D Purchasing Director, Mylan
•   Alan Goring, Indirect Sourcing Director EMEA, Bristol-Myers Squibb
•   Claudia Knowlton-Chike, General Manager of Global Logistics, GE Healthcare
•   Robert Saini, Director of Procurement, Astellas US Out-of-industry expert
•   Paul Massih, Vice President, Contracting and Procurement, Shell
•   Laurent Chevallier, Procurement Director - CMO & Emerging Markets, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals
•   Joe Agresta, VP Procurement, Johnson & Johnson


ProcureCon Pharma 2012 has also gained support from four major partners: DDB Health Group, Piramal Healthcare, ZS Associates and Havas Worldwide Health. Vidya Gunapala, ProcureCon’s portfolio director, explains why the event is getting so much attention from the industry:

“Heads of procurement in the biopharma outsourcing space told us that their business model is different to other verticals, and that they’re walking away from generic procurement events with an incomplete picture. So, we simply listened and developed a programme just for them. The speaker faculty is shaping up really strongly – it’s something the biopharma sourcing community have been crying out for for some time!”

Top line strategies for discussion at Procurecon Pharma 2012 will include:

•   Encouraging suppliers to innovate in order to create a point of differentiation and competitive advantage
•   Setting up in Asia – how to leverage local potential with a global support
•   Outsourcing of manufacturing – how to create a true partnership and excellence in execution
•   Streamlining direct and indirect procurement to reduce major category spend and add value
•   Prioritising pharma outsourcing & off-shoring to improve operations, lower costs and deliver long-term value
•   Building relationships with key internal stakeholders to embed procurement strategies

ProcureCon 2012 looks set to attract 150+ biopharma CPOs and will take place in Zürich on 28th-29th February 2012 – venue to be confirmed shortly. Full event details can be viewed online at www.procurecon-pharma.com.

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Notes to editors

1.   For more information about ProcureCon Pharma and to request the latest agenda, please email procurecon@wbr.co.uk  
2.   All media partnership enquiries and requests for press passes should be directed to Simon Anderson, Marketing Director for the ProcureCon portfolio: simon.anderson@wbr.co.uk
3.   ProcureCon Pharma 2012 is part of the ProcureCon portfolio, which has been producing high calibre events for Europe’s procurement leaders since 1997.
4.   ProcureCon is part of Worldwide Business Research, one of the world’s leading sources of strategic business intelligence and part of the PLS group. For more information about Worldwide Business Research, visit www.wbresearch.com

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