This interactive webinar will launch the 2026 Fall #RxWritingChallenge (October 2026). The session will motivate participants, introduce evidence-based writing strategies, describe methods for overcoming practical barriers, and equip attendees with practical strategies for establishing and sustaining a daily writing habit. Participants will leave with a personalized writing action plan, increased confidence in scholarly writing, and a commitment to participate in the two-week challenge.

Moderator/Chair:

-Dr. Melody Ryan, Assistant Vice President for Global Health Initiatives, University of Kentucky, United States of America (USA)

Facilitator/Co-moderator:

-Barry Bleidt, Florida A&M University, United States.

Panelists:

-Barry Bleidt, Florida A&M University, United States.
-Dr. Ian Bates, Professor; Director, University College London (UCL); FIP-UCL Colalborating Centre, England.
-Dr. Kristin Janke, Associate Dean for Assessment and Quality; Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems; Director, Wulling Center for Innovation and Scholarship in Pharmacy Education, Editor in Chief/ Coordinator/ #RxWritingChallenge, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy & American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (AJPE), United States of America.

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The vision of the UNITWIN network to support improvement in pharmacy education in Africa and a decade of experience forms the basis of this webinar where the AcPS joins the FIP Provisions & Programme Lead and UNITWIN & Provision manager in discussion with FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN CfE Africas founding member, Prof Cyril Usifoh, and AcPS and CfEA member, Prof Arinola Joda to learn from a decade of their experience at the CfE to address inequities and standardise pharmacy education across Africa towards strategies to enable the same across other WHO regions.

Moderator:
-Ms. Mansi Doshi, Medicines Optimisation Consultant and Adj Clinical Faculty, India.

Co-moderator:
-Ms. Evrim Çakıl, Community pharmacist, Türkiye.
-Prof Dr. Chun-Wai Mai, Deputy Director, Research, Strategy and Impact, IMU University, Malaysia.
-Ms. Venkata Komali Medam, National President, The Indian Pharmaceutical Association-Students’ Forum (IPA-SF), 2025-26, India.

Guest:
-Prof. Cyril Usifoh, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria.
-Prof. Arinola Joda, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Nigeria.

Panellist:
-Dr. Genuine Desireh, UNITWIN and Provision Manager, FIP, The Netherlands.

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Adeno-associated virus (AAV), a non-pathogenic single-stranded DNA virus that transduces both dividing and non-dividing cells, has emerged as a leading gene therapy platform. It persists primarily as an episode with a low insertional mutagenesis risk and elicits a comparatively mild
immune response. Eleven AAV-based therapies have been approved by the FDA Yet significant challenges limit how far the platform can go. Pre-existing neutralizing antibodies and treatment-induced immunogenicity restricts eligibility and blocks re-dosing, native packaging capacity is limited to ~4.7 kb, production still suffers from low yield and high empty-to-full capsid ratios, and finished products require stable formulations that needs to withstand ultra-low-temperature (≤ -60°C) storage, and controlled freeze-thaw without loss of potency. This presentation will discuss AAV's basic biology and structure, capsid engineering, manufacturing, purification, and
formulation advances and approaches to overcome these limitations.

Chair:
-Dr. Mathew Cherian PhD, FIP, USA.

Co-moderator:
Dr. Richard Ohene-Darkoh, Pharmaceutical Country Manager, Liberia.

Panellists:
-Dr. Subhro Guhathakurta PhD, Review Editor Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, USA.
-Dr. Sandeep Nema PhD, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, USA.

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The Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (JoPPP) was established in 2008 with the mission to promote pharmaceutical policy and practice globally. The journal is published in the United Kingdom, indexed in Scopus and PubMed Central, and managed by a distinguished international editorial board. Based on its growing body of research articles, presentations, and best practices, JoPPP will hold the “5th JOPPP IMPACT MONGOLIA - 2026” conference in collaboration with Etugen University on November 11–13, 2026.

Join us for the world’s first LGBTQIA+-focused pharmacy conference, proudly endorsed by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). This landmark three-day event brings together LGBTQIA+ pharmacists, students, educators, researchers and allies to build a more inclusive and culturally safe future for pharmacy practice.