Course offering number:0812-103
Course ID:
2136
GLP Study Director
4-5 December 2008
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
David Long; Consultant
David Long worked for Rhône Poulenc Health Division (now
Sanofi-Aventis) in Quality Assurance (QA) for over twenty years
where he gained considerable experience in all three Good
Practice disciplines, GLP, GCP and GMP. When he left Rhône-
Poulenc he was Senior Director R&D Worldwide for Quality
and for Process Improvement. Mr. Long has since worked for
CHIMEX, a manufacturing subsidiary of the L'Oreal group and
also runs his own consultancy company.
Mr. Long has always shown a keen interest in promoting
professional QA activities. He was a founding member and
President of the French QA Society and a founding member
and President of the European QA Federation. He was also
the founder and Chief Editor of the Quality Assurance Journal,
an international scientific journal specifically addressing subjects
of interest to R&D and QA personnel.
Mr. Long has lectured and trained widely and has been an active
participant in developing training in Good Practices and QA,
working with a number of international groups including the OECD
and the WHO. His latest contribution through the WHO has been
in the co-authoring of a set of guidelines for research performed
upstream of the regulatory scene, called "Quality Practices in
Basic Biomedical Research".
Philip Withers; Consultant
Philip Withers is an independent consultant to the pharmaceutical
industry. He was Director of Quality Assurance at MDS Pharma
Services in France and has been involved in preclinical and clinical
QA for over 25 years. Mr. Withers is a member of the organizing
committee of SoFAQ, the French QA group, past chairman of
the multi-site working party and representative to EQAS the
European QA association. He has presented many papers at
international QA meetings and has been involved for many years
in developing a variety of training programs internationally. Mr.
Withers is also a member of the editorial board of The Quality
Assurance Journal.
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