12:30 – 01:30

Registration & lunch

01:30
– 01:45

Welcome remarks

Dr Rajat Kathuria, Director & Chief Executive, ICRIER

Ms Susan C Winckler, Chief Risk Management Officer of Leavitt Partners, and Advisor to RxGPS

01:45 – 02:00

Introduction by participants

02:00 – 02:20

Keynote address

Ms Rita Teaotia, Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, GOI

Dr G N Singh, Drugs Controller General of India, CDSCO

02:20 – 03:30

Session 1 – Export requirements

Operational challenges and confusion associated with export requirements, and opportunities to advance global solutions (e.g., exemptions process – global approaches to serialization – GS1 standards)

Session chair 

Mr Sudhanshu Pandey, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, GOI

Presenter

Mr Matt Sample, AmerisourceBergen

03:30 – 03:45

Tea & coffee break

03:45 – 04:30

Session 2 – DAVA database

Discussion of specific implementation concerns related to DAVA database (level of serialization data required for upload – demonstration of the SVSG verification gateway)

Session chair

Mr V K Sharma, Senior Technical Director, National Informatics Centre, GOI

Presenter

Mr Eric Marshall, Senior Director, Leavitt Partners

04:30
– 05:00

Session 3 – Domestic requirements

Discussion of the draft requirements and identification of implementation concerns (primary package serialization – point-of-dispense verification)

Session chair

Dr Hemant Koshia, Commissioner, FDCA, Government of Gujarat

05:00 – 05:30

Concluding session – The path forward

Session chair

Dr Eswara Reddy, Joint Drug Controller, CDSCO