Javed Iqbal is a veterinarian with MSc Microbiology and PhD in Virology.  After postdoctoral fellowships at Royal Veterinary College, London and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Surrey, UK, he joined the animal health industry in 2003.

 

First role in animal health industry was Regulatory Affairs Manager with Fort Dodge Animal Health.  Later he joined Novartis Animal Health in Switzerland as Pharmacovigilance Manager.  His last role with Novartis Animal Health was EU Qualified Person for Pharmacovigilance (EU QPPV).

 

Since 2015 Javed has been working with Elanco Pharmacovigilance in different roles.  His current role is oversight of Elanco PV activities in APAC, LATAM, Russia/Middle East Africa.

 

Javed is based in UK.

Dr. Syed Abid Hassan is founder of Bismil Welfare Society for social welfare works. He has done his Ph.D. in Chemistry, Diploma in Pharmacy, M.B.A. (in International Business). He is a Certified Lead Auditor for QMS (Quality Management System), by BSI (British Standard Institute) UK, and Certified Lead Auditor for ISO13485 (specialized in/for Medical Device) by IRCA (International Register of Certificated Auditor) UK. He is the member of RAPS (Regulatory Affairs Professional Society) – US, and CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement) UK. He has been participating as Chairperson, Moderator, Panelist, Speaker and Workshop leader in several national and international Conferences/Summits/Seminars and Workshops, in India, KSA, Egypt, Jordan, UAE, Singapore, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Canada, Rome and USA etc. He is Adviser and Technical Committee Member (TCM) of several International Conference Organizations. He has authored several publications on different topics, like Removal of Malachite Green and Congo Red from Waste Water, Medical Device, Regulatory Affairs and New Chemical Entity in various International Journals/Magazines, in India, UAE, KSA, USA, Germany, Czech Republic, Canada, France and Rome etc. His book on “What and Why Regulatory Affairs”, “What you missed” and “Think it again” are soon to be available online. He is online trainer for many key subjects of pharma, like Medical Device, Regulatory Affairs, QMS, NCE/NME, ICH, NeeS/CTD/eCTD, Variations and GMP Compliance etc. at some E_Learning academies. He is managing owner of Bismil Academy for E_learning courses. He has more than 20 years+ experience of QA/Regulatory/Scientific Affairs and R&D. He has been working as QA/Compliance/R&D/Regulatory official in Jamjoom Pharmaceuticals Company since 2001. At present working as Head of Compliance & Regulatory Affairs at Dallah Pharma in KSA.

David Cock

Distributor Quality operations Lead, Global, Zoetis

As the world’s leading animal health company, Zoetis exists to nurture our world and humankind by advancing care for animals.  With nearly 70 years of experience innovating a leading portfolio and pipeline of medicines, vaccines, diagnostics, and technologies, we stand by those caring for animals by providing solutions worldwide.

David has more than 43 years experience in Pharmaceutical Quality Operations in a variety of roles of which the last 18 years included veterinary medicines initially with Pfizer Animal Health and now with Zoetis. In 2011 he became responsible for the Pfizer Quality team responsible for Contract manufacturing of Veterinary products in Europe, Africa and Middle East and transferred to Zoetis in that role. In 2016 he transferred from Manufacturing to Distribution assuming the role of Regional Quality leader for Supply Chain and Logistics & Affiliate Quality Operations. for Europe, Africa and Middle East. In November he has taken a Global role for Quality operations working with Distributors partnered with Zoetis.

David holds a BSc (Hons) in Applied Chemistry from the University of Hertfordshire. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Assurance (PTQA Dip) from the University of Leeds and is a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry as a Chartered Chemist (MRSC CChem). He is British and lives in Great Britain.

Noel Joseph leads the collaborative project between the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on improving the regulation of veterinary medicines in Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA). Before assuming the current role, Noel led work on a number of projects designed to support regulators in SSA as the Head of VMD’s International Office. These included a project with the World Bank Group to support the Ethiopian regulator VDFACA and organizing training for other regulators.

Prior to that, Noel was seconded to the European Commission (DG Santé) in the unit with responsibility for veterinary medicines for over two and half years. During this time Noel represented the European Commission at VICH and the scientific & technical committees of the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

 

Before his secondment, Noel was the UK member of the EMA’s Safety Working Party (SWPv) where he was elected as its vice-Chair for two years and was its acting Chair for one of those. During this time Noel was a Senior Safety Assessor with responsibilities for the evaluation of human safety aspects of the dossier for marketing authorization as well as Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) applications. Apart from a one year secondment to the EMA, Noel worked as a safety assessor at the VMD for since mid-90s.

 

Noel received his BSc (Hons) degree in Applied Science from Kingston University and his MSc in Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Metabolism from the University of Loughborough and a certificate in Toxicology from the University of London. Noel is a member of the Royal Society of Biology (MRSB).

Tony Simon grew up on a farm in West Wales before qualifying as a veterinarian from the University of Cambridge Veterinary School in 1986. He spent 5 years in mixed livestock/companion animal and specialist companion animal veterinary practices in the UK before joining Pfizer Animal Health in 1991 as a Veterinary Advisor.

During his time at Pfizer Animal Health, now Zoetis, he has worked in the UK, European regional Headquarters and US global Headquarters in a range of veterinary technical and strategic roles. He is part of Zoetis’ R&D organization based in Brussels with responsibility for European Scientific Affairs and Pharmacovigilance. He is also a member of the AnimalhealthEurope and HealthforAnimals Pharmacovigilance Working Parties and an industry delegate at the global VeDDRA committee and the VICH Pharmacovigilance Expert Group.