Counterfeiting of medical products (MEDICRIME)
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INTERNATIONAL HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE
The Council of Europe
Convention on Counterfeiting of Medical Products and Similar Crimes involving
Threats to Public Health (Medicrime Convention) - Countering the spread of counterfeit
medical products
Moscow, 26-28 October 2011
The aim of the conference is to advance significantly the pressing fight against counterfeit medical products and similar crimes at the international level by opening the Medicrime Convention for signature, facilitating its rapid entry into force and effective implementation in Europe and beyond, making the fight against counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes a priority on the political agenda, exchanging views on the practical implementation of the Medicrime Convention into domestic legislation through legislative support and practical measures.
On 26 and 27 October the thematic sessions of the High-Level Conference will take place. The participants in the thematic sessions will include health, judicial, law enforcement and customs authorities, senior officials responsible for policy-making, such as Chief Medical Officers, Chief Pharmaceutical Officers, as well as Heads of Medicines Agencies, representatives of international and European institutions and organisations, key stakeholders from the private sector and associations of healthcare professionals, of consumers and of patients.
The Opening for Signature Ceremony will take place on 28 October (by invitation only)
Opening
speech by Mr Philippe Boillat, Director General, Directorate General Human
Rights and Rule of Law: [speech]
(available in French only)
Conclusions
of the Conference
Slides:
Sessions I & II
Session III
Session IV
Abstracts
and biographical notes
Conference Venue:
26-27 October:
Izmaylovo Concert Hall and Hotel
Complex,
105187, Moscow, Izmaylovsky
highway, 71
USEFUL INFORMATION
Programme
Final
Programme (19/10/2011) |
| Accommodation Please note that accommodation in Hotel Alpha, part of the Ismaylovo Hotel Complex, is advisable due to heavy traffic in Moscow. Booking : Participants can book rooms via http://www.fru.ru/FMO/accommodation.htm Cell phone: +7 (495) 506-99-33 Fax: +7 (499) 166-46-38, E-mail: guskova@alfa-tur.ru. |
| Accommodation for Treaty Ceremony (recommended) Hotel Marco Polo |
| Access to hotels Hotel Alpha: Nearest Metro “Partizanskaya” (line 3) Hotel Marco Polo: To go to the Marco Polo hotel -> Change at Metro “Ploshchad Revolutssi” to connect with the green line (line 2). Go one stop to Metro “Tverskaya”. Marco Polo is a 10 minute walk |
| Visas For visa support for experts arriving in Moscow on 26-27 October please contact Ms Antonina Gladkova: GladkovaAG@rosminzdrav.ru or Mr Alexander Denisov: |
| Interpretation The working languages of the Conference shall be English, French and Russian with simultaneous interpretation. |
| Contacts The contact persons in the Council of Europe are: Mr Kristian Bartholin (kristian.bartholin@coe.int; Tel.: +33 (0) 3 88 41 35 68), programme coordination, criminal law matters, Ms Sabine Walser (sabine.walser@edqm.eu; Tel.: + 33 (0) 3 90 21 42 25), programme co-ordination, public health matters, Ms Olga Sokol (olga.sokol@coe.int; Tel: +33 3 (0) 88 41 30 36 and Ms Dominique Wulfran (dominique.wulfran@coe.int; Tel: +33 3 (0) 90 21 50 35), logistical matters. |
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