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Guy Villax speaker at 2017 PDA/FDA Conference

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Monday, September 11, 2017 - 10:45
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Monday, September 11, 2017 - 11:45
Location: Washington DC, United States

Presentation Title: Investing in Quality to Meet Business Objectives
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

guy villax portrait photo Hovione

Guy Villax

Non-Executive Board Member

Degree in Accounting and Financial Management

Guy Villax has a degree in Management from the University College at Buckingham, UK.

Guy Villax was Hovione's Chief Executive from 1997 to 2022, having previously worked at Price Waterhouse in London and Hovione in Asia.

Guy holds leadership positions at industry associations and in Portuguese state organizations: Rx-360, Health Cluster Portugal, Portugal’s Business Roundtable; and the ANI (Portugal’s National Innovation Agency) and the CNCTI (National Council for Science, Technology and Innovation).

 

 

 

 

Session: Current Quality Challenges for Pharmaceutical Executives
As the biopharmaceutical industry continues to evolve, major challenges associated with globalization and complexity of the supply chain emerge. In addition, companies now face internal pressures related to the cost of medicines, dealing with various global regulatory frameworks and changing expectations in evolving healthcare systems. The challenges have led an industry drive to adopt new business and quality technologies and to pursue partnerships with global regulators to help companies understand and facilitate implementation of changing regulations. This session will focus on major challenges that quality professionals should be aware as they interact with executives at their firms, how ensuring quality can play a part in overcoming those challenges and the crucial role of the executive in driving quality within the company.
 

The 2017 PDA/FDA Joint Regulatory Conference is the premier pharmaceutical manufacturing event where you can engage directly with U.S. FDA representatives and industry experts! Over two and a half information-packed days, FDA regulators will provide updates on current efforts affecting the development of global regulatory strategies, and industry experts will present case studies illustrating how they use global strategies to improve the quality of medical products. Hear what the Conference Co-chairs and past attendees have to say about this exciting event!

 

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