Borderlines between Medicines and Food Training Course

This seminar aims to assist delegates to an understanding of how the borderline between medicines and foods may be defined and how best to tailor the presentation of their products to the regulatory structure appropriate to them

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16 Jun 2022 + 1 more date

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Borderlines between Medicines and Food

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Course Overview

Medicines treat, cure or prevent illness. Foods provide nutrition. But are the distinctions so clear?

Foods also have a physiological effect and a role in disease risk reduction – and substances whose purpose is nutritional may be presented as medicines. An understanding of where the borderline lies between medicines and foods is essential for the successful marketing of specialist health products: getting it wrong is a costly route to market failure. However,the regulatory framework is detailed and complex, requiring a knowledge of the relevant legislation.

This seminar will highlight the most important regulatory issues, with particular focus on the borderline between botanical food supplements and herbal medicinal products, and on health claims and the long outstanding question of what the authorisation process for botanical claims will be.

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Topics to be covered at this seminar:

Where the borderline lies and on which side your product fits
Comply with medicines legislation and the European Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products
Understand and learn how to work with the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation
Discuss the future for botanical claims with industry experts
Learn about the health claims in Europe and the implications for marketing and research and development strategies
Master the key aspects of EU borderline law

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Penny Viner

After a career in industry as General Manger of a company making licensed natural medicines, food supplements and cosmetics, Penny Viner spent 7 years as Director of the Health Food Manufacturers’ Association (HFMA), whose members manufacture food and medicinal products, and is now its President. Penny also chairs the UK Herbal Forum and is Director and Secretary of the British Association of Homoeopathic Manufacturers.

Previously she was a Director and Secretary of the UK branch of the European Food Law Association. She was a member of the British Pharmacopoeia Commission Expert Advisory Group on Herbal and Complementary Medicines and a member of the Ministerial Herbal Medicines and Practitioners Working Group, set up to advise the Government on regulatory options.

She was also Project manager for the International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA), writing its monthly newsletter and coordinating its Scientific Group. Currently, she writes a quarterly International Regulatory Supplement for the European Federation of Associations of Health Product Manufacturers and is Vice-Chairman of its Botanicals Working Group. Penny is also an independent consultant on food and medicines regulation.

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David Richardson

David Richardson runs a specialist consultancy in nutrition and food science, DR Nutrition. He holds a visiting professorship at the University of Reading, School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy. He began his teaching and research career at the University of London and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then worked for Nestlé UK Ltd, ultimately becoming Group Chief Scientist.

From 2000 to 2005, Professor Richardson chaired a section of an EU Concerted Action Programme (PASSCLAIM), to develop a process for the scientific substantiation of health claims on foods, and from 2009 to 2011 he was a participant and an author in the ILSI Europe PROCLAIM project, which developed further guidance on the science needed to underpin EU and global regulatory frameworks for nutrition and health claims.

In 2005, Professor Richardson was appointed a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a member of the UK Nutrition Society. He sits on several industrial and university scientific advisory boards and is scientific advisor to a number of European and international organisations in the area of foods and food supplements.

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Brian Kelly

Brian Kelly is Regulatory Lawyer at Covington and Burling LLP, one of the leading life science law firms in the world. His practice focuses on EU food and drug law, public and administrative proceedings, European Union law and product liability and safety.

Mr Kelly’s advice on general regulatory matters includes borderline determinations – in particular borderline between medicines and food, borderline between foods (e.g., food supplements and PARNUTS) – health claims, food labelling and promotion/advertising, novel food determinations, and recalls.

He represents clients before food and medicine regulatory authorities and national and EU courts. He is ranked in Chambers UK and the Legal 500 for food regulatory advice and is a lecturer at University College London in life science regulation.

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Book Borderlines between Medicines and Food Live online training

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16 Jun 2022

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Course code 11790

GBP 599
EUR 859
USD 970

1 day live online training
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1 Dec 2022

Live online

Course code 11847

GBP 499 599
EUR 719 859
USD 814 970

Until 27 Oct

1 day live online training
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See presenters and interact with fellow attendees
Download documentation and certification of completion
Fair transfer and cancellation policy

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* Early booking discounts may not be combined with other discounts or offers. As such, the discounts for 2nd/3rd/4th delegates are based on the full price.