A Training School on “Medicines Shortages” (COST Action CA15105) addressing Pharmaceutical Supply Chains (SC) is organized by the Polytechnics Institute of Portalegre (IPP). Programme stakeholder and local organiser is Prof. Joao Luis Miranda. Teachers, researchers, MSc/PhD students and practitioners will meet at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisboa, Portugal, 26-28 of April 2017, to discuss topics relevant to Pharmaceutical SC within the COST Action “Medicines Shortages” (CA15105) , European Medicines Shortages Research Network - addressing supply problems to patients.
The program considers a SEMINAR open to the general public in the very first day (26-April-2017). The seminar will introduce the Action, its main goals, methodology and workplan; the participants in the Seminar-day are also gaining a complete overview of the Training School, since the main topics of the technical sessions in the following days are also presented.
· Technical sessions on Pharmaceutical SC:
(1) Design, planning, and scheduling; Uncertainty and risk;
(2) MCDM, Suppliers Selection, supplies and shortages;
(3) DSS and computational issues;
(4) LAB-sessions: "hands-on" training using updated tools and case studies.
A fully follow up of the 3-days is strongly recommended for those participants interested in “Medicines Shortages” and in Pharmaceutical SC. However, attending either the seminar-day, the workshop, or only one of the technical sessions can be allowed upon registration.