PPTA is proud to announce that registration is now open for the 2023 International Plasma Protein Congress (IPPC) to be held 20-21 June in Lisbon, Portugal. IPPC 2023 will be opened by Executive Director Europe Maarten Van Baelen, with the keynote speech offered by a representative of the Ministry of Health of Portugal. The theme of this year’s conference is “From Donor to Patient” – exploring how we can ensure a high level of donor health, in order to provide high quality, safe and effective, lifesaving therapies to our patients.

The opening of IPPC will be followed by an introductory interview which will review the main challenges and opportunities for the industry sector in 2023 in Europe, particularly in light of the SoHO Regulation.

One of these major challenges will be explored in the first session, which will focus on donor health, showing the safety of plasma donation. We’ll see the breadth of studies that the industry has on donor safety and look at a couple of recent studies in depth. We’ll hear the donor perspective on donation safety and learn how haemovigilance reporting and Cross Donor Check System (CDCS) contribute to donor health. We’ll also look at the EDQM’s stance on donor health and how its understanding can be improved.

The donor health theme leads us through to the second session, which scrutinizes access to and the uniqueness of the plasma-derived medicinal products (PDMPs), manufactured from the plasma that healthy donors provide. We’ll explore access issues in a number of European countries and get the patient perspective on this to better understand the intrinsic value of these critical therapies.

The third and final session of the day will take a closer look at the untapped potential of PDMPs and plasma. It offers a chance to chart the progress made so far in areas, such as manufacturing, research, and development and to explore potential new applications that could better target patients’ needs and to see how innovation can improve their lives. This encapsulates in a single session, the donor to patient theme. Day 1 will be closed out with the granting of the Hilfenhaus Award by PPTA the Chair of the PPTA EU Board of Directors, Ferdinando Borgese.

PPTA Executive Director, Europe, Maarten Van Baelen, will open Day 2 of IPPC 2023 and will introduce the keynote speaker from the European Commission.

The 4^th session of IPPC 2023 will then look at collecting more plasma in Europe to attain European strategic autonomy for this lifesaving raw material, and reduce our dependency on the U.S. We’ll see the value of a high-level of donor health and look at the role that compensation plays in plasma collection. We’ll also hear from stakeholders, including politicians and patients, about their thoughts on increasing plasma collection in Europe and the opportunities the EU SoHO Regulation can bring.

We then move on to exploring specific Member State initiatives, aimed at collecting more plasma. We’ll look at different models across the EU and how they have contributed to increased plasma availability. There will also be a chance to see how effective coexistence between public and private sector can be. The final session of IPPC 2023 will focus on the growing clinical need for PDMPs, not only from a medical, but also a patient perspective. We’ll look specifically at the value that immunoglobulins bring to patients and society and discuss access issues as well as examine what exactly is appropriate use of these lifesaving therapies.

With the journey from donor to patient now complete. IPPC will be summarised and closed by PPTA Executive Director, Europe, Maarten Van Baelen.

Quick links:

• Preliminary Programme
• Registration
• Hotel information
• Sponsors & Exhibitors
• Supporting Organisations
• PPTA Contacts

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Registration

Registration for the International Plasma Protein Congress (IPPC) includes access to all general sessions, all refreshments, exhibit hall, the Welcome Reception on 19 June, and the Networking Dinner on 20 June (you must be registered for the IPPC in order to attend the reception and dinner). Individuals not registered for the IPPC will be given the opportunity to register on-site or will not be granted access to these events.

*Complimentary registration subject to verification

Hotel Information

The 2023 International Plasma Protein Congress will be held at the:
Lisbon Marriott Hotel
Avenida dos Combatentes, 45, 1600-042
Lisbon, Portugal
Tel: +351 21 723 5400

Reservations

The Lisbon Marriott Hotel is offering a special rate for IPPC attendees of 165€ for Deluxe room (single occupancy) and 175 € for Deluxe room (double occupancy) for the dates of 17 June to 24 June 2023. This special rate is available through 8 May 2023 or until the PPTA room block is sold out, whichever occurs first.

Additional information
The LISBON MARRIOTT HOTEL is located 5.5km (3.4mi) from the Humberto Delgado Airport, approximately 15-minute taxi drive.

Thank you 2023 IPPC Sponsors!