DBA recently ran Module 8, Pharmaceutical Packaging in York with 36 attendees. The feedback from the course was excellent scoring 4.5/5.0

As well as covering the basics in the Qualified Person Study Guide the course also took the opportunity to let the delegates get hands on and visit their supply chain including visits to the label printers, a wholesaler and some local Pharmacies.

We also brought to the course some of the key issues facing today’s QPs in controlled temperature storage and distribution and anti-counterfeiting concerns, including a case study on some anti-counterfeiting measures.  As ever we were delighted to welcome back to the course some former QP delegates in a subject matter expert role describing to today’s students the day to day challenges faced by a QP working in the fascinating area of packaging and supply chain control.

The feedback included some very kind and complimentary verbal comments plus some written comments which greatly pleased the DBA delivery team and the guest speakers including…

*     Good mix of lectures, group sessions and industrial visits.  The visits were an excellent opportunity to see how the theory of the course is put into practice in real industrial situations.

*     The course material was excellent and met my requirements for filling in the blanks of my knowledge

*     Another interesting, thorough and professional course.  Excellent visits and entertaining lectures.

As ever, I am delighted to report that the UK based QP role and its sister USA based Quality Leadership course continue to help Quality Leaders from both sides of the Atlantic to gain a knowledge base to help them perform as the best leaders they can be for their organisations.

If you would like to know more about this or any other DBA QP course please contact Stella Pearson-Smith and don’t forget in a few weeks time

• QP9 Quality Management Systems (only2 places remaining Monday 8^th March)
• QP free seminar Tuesday 9^th March - find out more about the uniquely successful DBA QP training, whether as a potential QP or someone engaged in Technical or Quality Leadership and decision making

“I enjoyed this course vey much.  I hope to improve autoclave operation and maintenance at my place of work.  Thank you.”

Paul McCourt, Teva Pharmaceuticals, UK

“Excellent course that gave me a great understanding.  Many thanks!”

Keeley Fisher, Teva Pharmaceuticals, UK

“The big advantage of these courses is that at the beginning you don’t know what to expect, but at the end you are full of new ideas and opinions”

Erwin Snellink, Solvay Biologicals BV, The Netherlands

“The knowledge of the two lecturers was excellent.”

Richard Swift, Eli Lilly & Co, UK

“Increased my knowledge a lot!  Thanks for bringing clarify to the CTD!”

Karin van den Bogaert, Janssen Pharmaceutical NV, Belgium

“Excellent course; very enjoyable, relevant and useful.  Thank you!”

Emma Beausang, Prostraken Pharmaceuticals Ltd., UK

“Brilliant course.  The speakers’ experience really shone through.”

Mohammed Bashir, Gilead Sciences Ltd., UK

“Tutors’ knowledge and experience were excellent.  The ways things were presented and discussed has given me a lot of confidence in the subject”

Johnathan Connell, GlaxoSmithKline, UK

“This course was extremely beneficial to me.  I really enjoyed the buzz groups and the open discussion.”

Sinead Mimnagh, Elan Drug Technologies, Ireland

“Welding demonstration was very useful.”

Giorgos Virvilis, Johnson & Johnson, Switzerland

”An excellent, informative course, applicable to a wide range of pharma job roles, that was kept light and entertaining.”

Jayne Richardson, Rosemont Pharmaceutical, UK

“A great opportunity to understand the methodology of QbD.”

Rupert Lukas, F. Hoffman-La Roche, Switzerland

“Delivered by experts who really know the subject matter.  Obviously leading the way in their field.”

Kevin Currie, Rosemont Pharmaceuticals, UK

“Great tutors”

David Engelen, DeLaval Chemicals, Belgium

“Super course!! Thanks.”

Morton Lysen, H. Lundbeck a/s, Denmark

“You made GMP live and fun during 4 whole days.  Bravo.”

Emmanuelle Jais Blum, Sanofi Pasteur, France

“Not al all what I expected.  The best course I have ever attended, hands down.”

Douglas Craig, Emergent Biosolutions, Inc., USA

“Everyone can benefit from this course. “

Richard Eidle, Merck & Co., Inc., USA

“Excellent instruction and tutors.  The overall simplicity of the concepts is fantastic!”

Robyn Sweinhart, Alkermes Inc., USA

“Excellent. Stories from instructor made it memorable”

Arlene Nordstrom, Genzyme Corporation, USA

“Very informative. I would definitely recommend this course.”

Premilla Pillay, Moorfields Hospital, UK

“Would recommend this course to others.  Thank you.”

Cheryl Chambers, Convatec, UK

“Excellent course.  I had experience in all areas but this has really broadened my knowledge and understanding.”

Martin Edwards, GE Healthcare, UK

“Excellent training course”

“Once again, excellent presentations from DBA tutors.”

Paul Blischke, Schering-Plough, UK                                

“An excellent walk through current and prospective pharmaceutical legislation.  Essential CPD.”

Neil Wayman, AstraZeneca, UK

“Clear and concise presentation.”

Daniel Bell, Napp Pharmaceuticals, UK

“Great update – thanks!”

Sandra Ferrer, Wyeth, UK

“Will allow us to streamline our current process.”

Clive Harkness-Moore, Ernest & Jackson, UK               

“I can now go back and start!”

Caroline Robbins, Excelsyn Molecular Development, UK

“My current PQR template will definitely be adjusted.”

Tom de Bruin, Teva, Netherlands

“Course content was excellent.  Many thanks Erika and Stewart.”

Matthew Dorsey, Boehringer Ingelheim, USA                

“Excellent span of topics.  The course definitely exceeded my expectations”

Erika Molignano, Genzyme Corp, USA

“I really enjoyed this course and look forward to taking another DBA course.”

Mona Shah, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, USA

“Excellent. Thoroughly useful and enjoyable.”

John Horry, Reckitt Benckiser, UK                                  

“Excellent DBA course – as always”.

Jack Beattie, Lilly, UK

“Course tutors and content were excellent and met all my objectives for attending this module.”

Araf Sheikh, Goldshield Pharmaceutical, UK

“You can ‘feel’ the experienced of the tutors.”

Claudia Zegner, Baxter, Austria                                        

“Very interesting and very useful.”

Margit Roelofs Heyrmans, Schering-Plough, Netherlands

“I enjoyed this course.  I believe I will be able to look at human error in a more constructive and logical way in the future.”

Pam Ford, Health Protection Agency, UK

“Course was energizing and offered practical application strategies.”

Debra Storms, Bristol-Myers Squibb, USA          

“Will recommend this course and tutor to colleagues.”

Lara Collier, Genentech, USA

“Made me aware of the cost of quality and has important it is to use metrics that really matter.”

Geri Brousseau, Genentech, USA

“I really enjoyed this course and would love to come on more.”

Zeeta Osborn, Teva, UK       

“Tutors very experienced and helpful.”

Matthew Whitby, Patheon, UK

“Really enjoyed the whole course.  Particularly useful session on regulatory updates.”

Carol MacDonald, GE Healthcare, UK

“Very interesting, rich and rewarding course.”

Richard Sayer, Wockhardt, UK

“An excellent course.  Implementing even the most basic principles I’ve learned this week will benefit both me and my company so much.”

Andy Powell, Wockhardt, UK

“Excellently structured and presented course.”

Shaun Barford, UK

“I understood more this course than from 2 years of ‘A’ level statistics.”

Philip Rose, Patheon, UK

“Excellent presentation of techniques available. Inspired me to explore the opportunities further.”

Richard Sayer, Wockhardt, UK

It was very refreshing to come to a course with such content being the material.  Many times classes just graze the top and only use buzz words.  Interacton throughout the course was very helpful for understanding the material.  I look to the next modules to come.  Debra Lane, Shire.

Good balance of presentation and team work exercises. Appreciate openness and willingness to discuss and answer questions.  Good mixture of industry represented.  Debbie Lennon, GSK Bio.

The tutors passion for the subject matter made the course! Roger Evans, Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

“Very knowledgeable instructors with a lot of practical experience - plus very entertaining for dry subject matter.” 

Susan Freije, Colgate-Palmolive Co.

“Content and instructors were excellent.  I gained a good understanding of some of the history and background of the guidances that I will use to drive change and educate my colleagues.” 

Raquel Iversion, Genentech Inc.

“Excellent course.  Excellent instructors.” 

George Flynn, former FDA Investigator

“Very emotional course. Very well organised. Good material provided and is well written.”  Sardar Ali, Bayer

“Overall this is one of the best and most relevant courses I've taken in this industry.”  Barbara Lowe, Genentech Inc.

“The tutors demonstrated in depth knowledge of the subject. Great presentation skills, very pleasing and showed a genuine concern.  I have already identified some individuals at work who will great benefit from this course.” 

Matthew Teli, Shire

“I really appreciate that this course inspired me to think critically and ask/note many questions.  I suspect this is because it advocated a refreshingly open vs. closed approach to quality.” 

Gudrun Finn, Genentech Inc.

“Great information presented in a fashion that was easy to understand”

Levi Straub, Uckele Health & Nutrition

“Good course” I learned a lot!”

David Bruce, Uckele Health & Nutrition

"This course has proven to be very valuable and the depth and detail of information delivered by all 3 tutors was excellent."

Clodagh Phelan, Sciele Pharma, Ireland

"This course helped me to be aware about the challenges that I'll be facing in a near future"

Maria Paula Teixeira, Bial Portella, Portugal

"Mock viva by far and away most useful part of any training course I've ever attended."

Chris Jeans, Simbec Research, Mid Glam, UK

 "A thoroughly enjoyable and informative course.  It is great to have access to such a wealth of experience and knowledge as demonstrated by the course tutors"
Fiona Kilkenny, Seven Seas, UK

"I really appreciated the quality of the lectures.  The tutors really interacted with us and were really dynamic.  It was a real pleasure to participate to this training."

Thomas Wendling, Celegene, Switzerland

"Exceptional tutors.  Very comprehensive materials.  Without a doubt, this was the most engaging course that I have attended in my career!"

Christopher Dominguez, Acadia Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, USA

"Particularly enjoyed the 'soft skills' parts of the course, as this is not covered in ISO type audit courses in my department yet is very important.  Great to hear experiences of audits from delegates and tutors. Very reassuring to hear that they have similar experiences/thoughts/feelings when auditing.  Cultural awareness aspects were very useful"

Aline Denton, Ceredigion, Wales

“Very enjoyable and factual; felt like I have learned something new as well as consolidating existing knowledge.  Looking forward to putting what I’ve learned into practice.  Trainers were fantastic as always.”

Nigel Westwood, Cancer Research, UK

"This is the best DBA course I've attended to-date. Need to encourage senior management to attend next one as the messages it delivers are essential to move our industry forward."

Dave Preston, Colgate Palmolive, UK

"It has prompted me to follow-up on some current practices with a view to change/improve. Good networking opportunity. Break out sessions very valuable."

Laura Walters, sanofi aventis, UK

“Excellent knowledge shown by tutors”

Gavin Jones, SSL International, UK

“I enjoyed the course.  The course leaders do it very well”

Jeroen Cox, GE Healthcare, The Netherlands

“Good update of current thinking practices and industry/regulatory expectations”

John Brooks, Sanofi Pasteur, France

“Excellent”

Kevin Bailey, sanofi-aventis, UK

“Very inspiring.  Will recommend this to others”

Lene Kinow, Novo Nordisk, Denmar,

“Very good.  Lots of things to implement!”

Corinne Verzieux, Patheon, France

“I really enjoyed this course!”

Nora Copeland, Shire, USA

“The instructors could not have been better – absolutely the best SMEs”

Kristen Schomer, Abraxis Bioscience, USA

“Worth all the money!”

Maritza Adrover, Watson Laboratories, USA

“Excellent presentations. Tutors were very giving of their time and initiated interesting discussions!”

Kathy Rea, Pinewood Healthcare Ltd, UK

“Yet another excellent DBA course”

David Preston, Colgate Palmolive, UK

“High quality and well organised.  Thank you very much!”

Alexandria Sirzen, F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd, Switzerland

“Thanks!  I loved every minute and learned a lot!”

Sylvia van Gaal-Versteege, Intervet, The Netherlands

“A worthwhile and enjoyable course – as we have come to expect from DBA”

George Scott, GlaxoSmithKline, UK

“Brilliant course.  Will be of great help with our Greenbelt project of MPR Streamlining!”

Clare Watson, Medimmune, UK

“Interesting ideas to improve our process”

Heinrich Brinkmann, Roche, Switzerland

“A course of the highest value”

Malin Kylberg, Q-Med, Sweden

“I have learned a lot of new things”

Irene Hernandez Lozano, Esteve, Spain

“The best technical course I’ve been to in many years”

Ken Hoglund, Talecris Biotheapeutics, USA

“Excellent course”

Janice Story, Pearl Therapeutics, USA

“Outstanding Instructors”

Michael Roth, Proteolix, USA

"Introduction to Risk Assessment was brilliant."
Junad Ali, Recipharm, UK

"I'm very impressed by the knowledge of the tutors, their everlasting energy and their sense of humour. Thanks very much!"
Arie Bokhorst, Solvay Biologicals, The Netherlands

"Excellent overview of an extremely important aspect of our industry. Now to go back and challenge my colleagues!"
David Harvey, Reckitt Benckiser, UK

"Regained motivation to continue working in QA."
Markus Schoester, Novartis, Switzerland

"The standard of presenters was excellent."
Gerard Kenny, Covidien, Ireland

"Great tutors - it really makes a difference."
Daniel Pohludka, Mars, Czech Republic

"A fun and relaxing way of learning much more about GMP."
Elma Snijder, Solvay Biologicals, Netherlands

"Very informative and useful. I am sure I will be using the methods at one time or another."
Sandra See, sanofi-aventis, UK

"It put the tools in my toolbox. I'm looking forward to getting back and digging into it!"
Thomas Anderson, Pharmaq, Norway

"Congratulations! Keep this good balance between lectures and team exercises."
Krisztina Aust, GlaxoSmithKline, Hungary

"Excellent course - very well presented."
Nick Carter, Dales Pharmaceuticals, UK

"Experienced and dedicated tutors, combined with buzz groups is DBA's strength compared with (the competition). I will definitely participate in DBA courses in the future."
Susanne Rygaard, Polypeptide, Denmark

"Loved the practical approach to all the content that reinforces...'This can be done,...this HAS to be done'. It makes sense." 
Evelyn Elias, Amgen, Puerto Rico

"I thoroughly enjoyed this course and learned much more than expected." 
Mirenda Scott, UCB Pharma, USA

"I now have quite a few ideas on how to change or influence change in areas of my control."
Christy Nagel, Genentech, USA

"Excellent course - should be something everyone in an upper management position has to go through!" 
Maria Boyd, Amgen, USA

"Normally, I am sceptical about the value for time and money of training courses, but I can say that this one was excellent in content and standard, and definitely worth attending."
Tim Farries, Senior Biologicals Development Manager, Ark Therapeutics Ltd, UK

"Very useful.  Buzz Groups really good." 
Louise Grotu Hansen, Novozymes, Denmark

"Excellent course with great, highly experienced tutors." 
Sam Corveleyn, UCB Pharma, Belgium