Transcript EMACOLEX in Poland

GENERAL INFORMATION
Capital: Warsaw
Language: Polish
Population: 38 million
Climate: Temperate with mild summers and moderately
severe winters
Currency: Zloty (PLN, zł), 1 zloty = 100 groszy
Approx. 11 500 authorized medicinal products
GEOGRAPHY
Poland
has beautiful coastal beaches and dunes, lake districts carved out by
glaciers, plains as flat as a pastry board, lush forests, mountains old
and new, including the only Table Mountains in Europe, and even a
desert region.
HISTORY
Poland had two historical capitals – Gniezno and Krakow and the present
capital is Warsaw – These cities should not to be missed when travelling
along the historical trail.
These are the most important dates
in Polish History
966 – Baptism of Poland
1410 – Battle of Grunwald
1772 – The First Partition of Poland
1791 – Constitution of May 3
1793 – Second Partition of Poland
1795 – Third Partition of Poland
1816 – The Kingdom of Poland
1914 - 1918 – World War I
1918 – Polish Independence
1939 – 1945 – World War II
1989 – Fall of Communism
1999 – Accession to NATO
2004 – Accession to the European Union
These are the names of Poles who are
famous worldwidely
Nicolaus Copernicus – the astronomer and author of “On the
Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres”
Frederic Chopin – one of the greatest pianists of the 19th century
Maria Sklodowska-Curie - discovered polonium and radium and
did research into radioactivity and its use in cancer treatment
Karol Wojtyla, known as Pope John Paul II
Polish Nobel prize winners include: Henryk Sienkiewicz,
Wladyslaw Reymont, Czeslaw Milosz, Lech Walesa and
Wislawa Szymborska
WHAT AND WHERE
MEETINGS OF POLISH
PRESIDENCY
• Meeting of the Group for Coordination of Mutual and Decentralized Procedure – CMDh
(28-30 of September, Warsaw);
• Meeting of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use – CHMP (28-30 of
September, Warsaw);
• Meeting of the Pediatric Committee – PDCO (28-30 of September, Warsaw);
Meeting of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use –CVMP (19-21 of
September, Warsaw);
• Meeting of the Group for Coordination of Mutual and Decentralized Procedure
(veterinary) – CMDv (19-21 of September, Warsaw);
Meeting of the Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products – HMPC (5-7 of October
Warsaw);
Meeting of the Pharmacovigilance Working Party – PhVWP (5-7 of October Warsaw);
• European Medicines Agencies Cooperation on Legal and
Legislative Issues – EMACOLEX 11-12 of October, Warsaw
• Competent Authority Medical Devices Meeting – CAMD (26-28 of October, Krakow);
Central Management Committee Meeting – CMA (26-28 of October, Krakow).
PROPOSED ITEMS FOR AGENDA
• Court cases,
• Transposition problems of the new legislation on
pharmacovigilance and falsified medicinal products,
• Other subjects you find interesting.
• Please, kindly send your proposals of subjects you would
like to present in Warsaw to: [email protected]
• cc to [email protected] , for court cases also to:
[email protected]
by July 15, 2011
VENUE
The Marriot Hotel downtown Warsaw
We will be happy to host you in
Poland !