Adam Smith Conferences would like to thank all the speakers, business partners and delegates for their participation in the 2nd Annual UKRAINIAN PHARMACEUTICAL FORUM 2009 – which took place from 10th Nov – 11th Nov in Kiev, and was extremely well received by all attendees.

In spite of today’s more difficult economic climate and the Government statements regarding a flu epidemic in Ukraine issued only days before the event was due to start, well over 150+ attendees took part in the Forum. As always, the event provided a high-level platform, for both key Government officials and the leading pharmaceutical company representatives, to provide detailed industry updates, as well as outline strategic development plans for the future. The comprehensive 2-day agenda offered a balanced range of plenary sessions, interactive discussions, panel debates and special spotlight presentations - not forgetting the extensive networking opportunities provided throughout the event programme.

Attendees consider this event to be the annual meeting-place for the industry – a chance to gather with their peers to debate the latest developments, share experiences, and learn about innovations and best practice for the sector from a 30+ strong expert speaker faculty.

This year the speaker faculty was headed up by some of the most influential industry figures, market regulators and Ukrainian and international pharmaceutical players, including:

• Gennady Padalko, Chief State Inspector of Ukraine of Control over the Quality of Medical Products
• Konstantin Kosyachenko, Deputy Head, State Inspection on Control over the Quality of Medical Products
• Alexander Melnichenko, Acting Chairman, Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine
• Alexander Savitskiy, Director, Price Policy Department, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine
• Vladimir Ignatov, Head of Committee of International Pharmaceutical Producers, EBA
• Eugene Zaika, Country Manager, Nycomed, Ukraine & Moldova
• Vladimir Mitin, Regional Director, Actavis Ukraine & CIS
• Viktor Pushkarev, Head of Eastern Europe Region, Orion Corporation
• Alexander Sukhodolskiy, Strategic Planning Director, BaDM    
• Vladimir Dudka, President, Pharmaceutical Distributors Association PharmUkraine & Commercial Director, Alba-Ukraine
• Grzegorz Ornowski, Commercial Director, P. F. JELFA SA
• Stanisław Kasprzyk, Senior Manager, Supplier Relations, IMS-Health Poland
• Mikhail Pasechnik, President, Pharmaceutical Company Falbi & President, Professional Pharmacy Association of Ukraine
• Viktor Shafransky, General Manager, Ipsen, Ukraine & Moldova
• Rajeev Gupta, Founder and Director, Kusum Pharm & Director, Gledpharm Ltd.
• Nadezhda Chislenko, Director, Pharmacy Chain “Vitalux”
• Evgeniy Nikushin, Strategy Development and Projects Director, Pharmaceutical Company Artur-K
• Victor Chumak, Director of the State Pharmacological Centre, Ministry of Healthcare of Ukraine
• Oleg Nikulishin, General Director, Market Universal
• Natalia Kasyanova, General Director, Med-Service Group
• Marina Buchma, External Communications Manager, GlaxoSmithKline, Ukraine
  and many more…
  
  REGULATORY HEADS-UP: This session featured senior representatives from the key regulatory bodies responsible for the Ukrainian pharmaceutical sector, who, together with session participants, discussed the latest and planned changes in legislation and their effects on industry development. Panellists included representatives from The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, the State Inspection on Control over the Quality of Medical Products, Arterium Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline Ukraine and Orion Corporation
• SPECIAL FOCUS – CASE STUDY SESSION: «Success stories in times of economic instability – Ukrainian and international experience.» This session looked into the corporate development strategies being adopted by the leading companies in the sector and the key factors influencing their decision-making.
• INTERVIEW WITH Viktor Pushkarev, Head of Region Eastern Europe, Orion Corporation, who shared his experience and vision of the current challenges facing the Ukrainian pharmaceutical sector and evaluated the industry’s development prospects in the near future, in a lively, interactive and informative way.
• PANEL OF EXPERTS ON LEGAL ISSUES IN THE UKRAINIAN PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET: Experts from the leading Ukrainian legal companies discussed issues in-depth, such as: Unfair competition; Advertising of medical products; Protection of intellectual property, Information disputes and other key topics.
• ROUNDTABLES «ASK THE EXPERT»: during the course of this session, roundtable participants discussed the issues of effective collaboration with regulatory bodies, HR strategies, as well as other timely issues.

As always, the event’s participants provided the greatest value to the Forum, and here are just a few of their opinions: 

• “Well organised event with great potential”, Shiran Amjadeen, BIOCON
• “Great for sharing information by participants giving insight into different approaches”, Amit Jani, Head of Representation – CIS, Kusum Healthcare
• “Very important and timely forum in the current challenging situation in Ukraine”, Igor Norokha, Jelfa Ukraine
• “A live reality check on the industry and general insight into the Ukrainian market”, Martin King, Anstar AG
• “Great and informative presentation of business solutions for problematic issues in the Ukrainian pharmaceutical industry as well as methods used in other countries”, Ruslan Rud, Lekhim
• “Outstanding networking opportunities combined with a good overview of the current state of Ukrainian pharmaceutical industry”, Giles Farley, ARTA Investment Partners    
• “This Forum reflects most topical issues affecting the pharmaceutical industry”, Alexey Kopyov, Orion Corporation Ukraine

The 3rd annual UKRAINIAN PHARMACEUTICAL FORUM is scheduled to take place in October/November 2010, and we will keep you updated of further plans for next year.

For information on UKRAINIAN PHARMACEUTICAL FORUM, and how you may get involved, please contact Inna Kuzmina on +44 20 7490 6599, or at innak@adamsmithconferences.com

For information about how to become a business partner at UKRAINIAN PHARMACEUTICAL FORUM, please contact Lubo Stefanoff on + 44 20 7017 7439, or at lubo@adamsmithconferences.com

For media partnership and press accreditation, please contact Lyudmila Durneva on +44 20 7017 7339, or Lyudmyla@adamsmithconferences.com