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Quality of Medicines at the Heart of Health Systems

This event will focus on how medicine quality can be made a public health priority through research, policy and practice.
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Aula Janssens, ITM Campus Rochus, Sint-Rochusstraat 43, 2000 Antwerp

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About this event

The University of Oxford has a long-standing tradition of organising informal gatherings of researchers and experts working on the quality of medical products. This initiative was launched by Professor Paul Newton, who leads the IDDO Medicine Quality Research Group.

These informal meetings are intended to encourage knowledge exchange on medicine quality research, strengthen professional networks, and provide a space for both early-career and established experts to discuss their work.

For the first time, the Institute of Tropical Medicine will host this event, in close collaboration with the IDDO Oxford group. The gathering will be organised by the Unit of Pharmaceutical Public Health.

Practical information

Date: 8 October 2026
Time:
11:00-18:00 (CEST)
Location: Campus Rochus (ITM), Sint-Rochusstraat 43, 2000 Antwerp

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Activity

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Location

9:00-10:45

Arrival, coffee and informal networking

Karibu

11:00-13:00

First scientific session

Aula Janssens

Welcome

- Özge Tunçalp (Executive Director at ITM)
- Raffaella Ravinetto (Professor of Pharmaceutical Public Health at ITM)
- Paul Newton

Short presentations: mapping of ongoing and planned activities on substandard and falsified (SF) medicines

13:00-14:00

Lunch

Karibu

14:00-17:00

Second scientific session

Aula Janssens

14:00-16:00

Quality of Medicines and the Lancet Commission – a short consultation

- Hans Hogerzeil
- Saleh Aljadeeah

16:00-17:00

Everybody has the right to medicines they can trust: achievements and gaps toward detection, prevention and response to SF medicines – panel discussion

- Celine Caillet
- Raffaella Ravinetto (Professor of Pharmaceutical Public Health at ITM)

17:00

Closing remarks
Network reception

Aula Janssens
Karibu

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