Lecture at Federal and International Meeting of Medicines

     Guillermo Cleti (LIF’s Director) participated in the 13th Federal and International Meeting of Policy, Economy and Management of Medicines.
     It is an annual meeting organized by FEFARA*. This year took place at Howard Johnson Hotel & Resort of Pilar (Buenos Aires), on July 2 and 3.
     Every year, pharmacists from different places attend this meeting to exchange and receive information about medicines.
     Guillermo Cleti gave a lecture entitled: “The challenge of quality from the State”.
     Investment, planning, designing and training were some topics presented by Guillermo Cleti.
     Silvia Boni (Directora Evaluación Tecnologías ANMAT) and Pablo Baremboin (Laboratorio Montserrat Eclair), participated with Guillermo Cleti at the forum.

*FEFARA: Federación Farmacéutica Argentina - Pharmaceutical Federation of Argentina.

LIF participated in a meeting of Public Laboratories

     On August the 18th and 19th, LIF’s Board of Directors: Guillermo Cleti, Carlos Arques, Diego Bruno and Daniel Salomón; Trustee, Carlos Minatti and General Manager, Roberto Ganin, participated in a meeting of public manufacturers of medicines.
     The activity took place in the National Health Ministry (Buenos Aires city) and was organized by the Secretary of Politics and Institutes, and the Secretary of Community Health.
     Daniel Gollán (National Health Ministry) and Federico Kaski (Secretary of Promotion and Sanitary Programs) welcomed the attendees.
     Members of eighteen different laboratories from eleven governments around the country attended this meeting.
     Different lectures and workshops were delivered during these two days.
     On the second day, Carlos Arques gave a lecture about management of a state society.
     Mario Rovere (Vive National Health Ministry), Rogelio Rodriguez (ANMAT’s Director), Raquel Mendez (INAME’s Director), Jorge Zarzur (Executive Director of the National Program of Public Production of Medicines) and Patricio de Urraza (ANLAP’s President) also participated in the meeting.

     ANMAT: Administración Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnología Médica. National Regulatory Agency of Medicines, Foods and Medical Devices.
     INAME: Instituto Nacional de Medicamentos - National Institute of Medicines.
     ANLAP: Agencia Nacional de Laboratorios Públicos - National Agency of Public Laboratories.

Production of medicines for the National Health Ministry

     LIF’s Directors, Daniel Salomón, Diego Bruno and Carlos Arques participated in a meeting in the National Health Ministry.
     Federico Kaski (Secretary of Promotion and Sanitaries Programs), Jorge Zarzur (Executive Director of the National Program of Public Production of Medicines), Patricio de Urraza (ANLAP’s President) and Mauricio Monsalvo (General Coordinator of REMEDIAR Program) participated by The National Health Ministry.
     The Health Ministry’s members gave the present the quantities and the list of medicines that REMEDIAR Program is going to need for the second part of this year.
     Members of other public laboratories such as LEM from Rosario city and Hemoderivados from National University of Córdoba also participated in the meeting.

LIF finished the medicines provision for REMEDIAR Program

     In July, LIF delivered 2.577.890 tablets of Simvastatin.
     LIF reached the 11.880.000 tablets of Simvastatin and thus, it could give a good answer to the REMEDIAR’s requirements in due course
     Between 2014 and the first part of 2015, LIF has delivered more than 71.000.000 tablets to the National Health Ministry.
     Metformin, Glibenclamide, Paracetamol, Enalapril and Simvastatin were the medicines produced by LIF.

Culture and common good

     LIF’s Board of Directors received the Minister of Culture of Santa Fe province, María Angélica “Chiqui” González.
     At the beginning, the Minister González received information about public production of medicines in a meeting with LIF’s Directors.
     After the meeting, she gave a lecture to LIF’s staff members.
     “Santa Fe has a rich history in public production of medicines. LIF is an important actor in the health and culture of this province because LIF produces a common good and culture is also a common good”, said Chiqui González.
     Finally, the Minister of culture received first-aid kits to use in the different offices of the Ministry of Culture and she gave two books to LIF’s Directors with pictures and the history of Santa Fe.

Staff members from different CAPS* visited LIF

     Staff members from different Primary Health Centres from Nodo Santa Fe visited LIF.
     The visitors arrived at LIF in five different groups (one group per day during a week).
     At the beginning, they were shown the institutional video. Then, they received a lecture about LIF’s management and quality of medicines.
     After the lecture, the different areas (production, quality control and storage) were shown.
     Silvina Mugni, Oscar Prendes, Sebastián Reimondo, Marina Olivares, Sebastián Cabanellas, Reinaldo Micheloud, Edgardo Ramirez, Melina Uriarte and Facundo Arques participated in the different moments of these meetings.
     Every week, people from different places of the province, such as students, physicians, nurses, legislators and pharmacists arrive in LIF.
     One of the objectives of these meetings is to raise awareness about the public production of medicines.

*CAPS: centro de atención primaria de la salud (Primary Health Centre).

Meeting in the Sub Region Casilda

     Guillermo Cleti (LIF’s Director), Elvia Gómez (Pharmacy Director of Santa Fe) and Edgardo Ramírez (LIF’s Customer Care) participated in the meeting that took place in the CAPS* Barrio Nueva Roma in Casilda.

     The main objective was to give information about medicines.
     Drug purchasing, rational use, treatment of expired medicines, production and delivery of medicines were some the topics developed by Cleti and Gómez.
     Members of hospitals and CAPS from different cities and towns attended this meeting.
     Sub Region Casilda includes these towns: Chabás, Sanford, Pujato, Arequito, Los Molinos, San José de la Esquina, Villa Mugueta, Fuentes, Bigand and Zavalla.

*CAPS: Primary Health Centres

LIF explained its Drug Safety System in Rosario

     Guillermo Cleti (LIF’s Director), Cecilia Selis (LIF’s Technical Director) and Ana María Gonzalez (LIF’s Responsible for Drug Safety) participated in the meeting that took place at the Pharmacist College 2nd Division (Rosario city).
     Pharmacists of different public hospitals from Rosario and the region attended this meeting.
     The main objective was to show the Drug Safety System of LIF.
     The ANMAT’s normative Nº 5358/2012 determines the Good Practices of Drug Safety for manufacturers of medicines.
     “Everyday, LIF works for the efficacy, quality and safety of our medicines. For this reason we have contracted a pharmacist to develop the LIF’s Drug Safety System and in this way fulfill with the normative”, said Guillermo Cleti.