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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