FINAL PROGRAM

FINAL PROGRAM
Distinguished scientists, researchers and practitioners
in the field of pharmacy and other related fields
On behalf of the Scientific and Organizing Committees, it is our great pleasure to invite scientists, researchers and
practitioners of pharmacy and other related professionals to participate in the 7th Congress of Pharmacy in North
Macedonia with international participation which will be held on October 5-9, 2022 in Ohrid. The hosts of the
Congress are Macedonian Pharmaceutical Association and Faculty of Pharmacy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in
Skopje.
We believe that scientific program including plenary lectures, oral presentations and poster sessions will result in
enrichment of knowledge and exchange of experience among scientists, researchers and practitioners. The Congress
will cover new challenges in all fields of pharmaceutical science and professional practice. It will provide an excellent
opportunity for young scientists and researchers as well as renowned researches and practitioners to exchange
opinions, introduce ground-breaking ideas and acquire new practical knowledge.
The exhibition of pharmaceutical companies and other companies belonging to the chain of suppliers of drugs and
medicinal products will be an integral part of the Congress.
The attractive and rich social program will create a perfect atmosphere for connecting with longtime fellows, building
long-lasting friendships and memorable friendly gatherings.
We look forward to welcoming you in Ohrid in October 2022, the beautiful Macedonian pearl, situated along the
coast of Ohrid Lake.

Chair of Scientific Committee Chair of Organizing Committee

Prof. Marija Glavas Dodov Prof. Rumenka Petkovska

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YOUR HOSTS
Macedonian Pharmaceutical Association

Faculty of Pharmacy
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje

FOR ALL INFORMATION REGARDING THE CONGRESS

PLEASE VISIT THE CONGRESS OFFICIAL WEB-PAGE
http://congress.mfd.org.mk/en/home/
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 Wednesday, October 5th, 2022
10:00 – 18:00 Registration
HALL BILJANA (HALL 1)
18:00 – 19:30 Opening ceremony

Welcome address
President of Organizing Committee – Rumenka Petkovska
Dean of Faculty of Pharmacy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje –
Zoran Sterjev
President of Scientific Committee – Marija Glavas Dodov

Opening lecture:
Drug discovery and bioexploration of nature: toxins, friend or foe?
Jan Tytgat, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven,
Belgium

20:00-22:00 Welcome cocktail

 Thursday, October 6th, 2022
HALL BILJANA (HALL 1)
9:00 – 12:00 PLENARY SESSION
Chair persons: Svetlana Kulevanova, Ales Mrhar
9:00-9:30 Family pharmacist: a Belgian view on the future role of the pharmacist
Hendrik De Rocker, Pharmacist – Secretary General (Dutch), APB, Brussels, Belgium
9:30 – 10:00 Searching for bioactive compounds against SARS-CoV-2 from traditional Chinese
medicines
Yang Ye, Deputy Director of Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai, PR China
10:00 – 10:30 Mini-tablets for drug delivery in individual therapy
Janina Lulek, Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Poznan University of Medical
Sciences, Poland
10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00-11:30 Targeting cell fitness competition to induce beta-cell regeneration in diabetes – on the
route from scientific to drug discovery
Slavica Tudzarova, Endocrinology/Medicine and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of
California, Los Angeles, USA
11:30-12:00 Bacteriophage therapy for infectious diseases
Hari Polenakovik, MD FACP FIDSA, Professor of Medicine, Boonshoft School of Medicine – Wright State
University, Dayton VAMC, USA
 Thursday, October 6th, 2022

HALL BILJANA (HALL 1)

Professional Symposiums (sponsored)

12:30-14:00 ALKALOID AD, Skopje

14:30-15:00 SALVEO dooel, Skopje,

 Thursday, October 6th, 2022
HALL BILJANA (HALL 1)
15:30 – 18:30 Session: PHARMACOECONOMY/DRUG INFORMATION
Chair persons: Ljubica Suturkova, Zoran Sterjev
15:30-15:50 Health economics of Covid-19 interventions – Maarten Postma
15:50-16:10 The National Medicines Policy 2018-22 in Poland. From creation to implementation –
Marcin Czech
16:10-16:30 Providing the population with pharmaceuticals in time of war - Olha Zaliska
16:30-16:50 Meeting the affordability challenges in the access of drugs for rare disease in the RN
Macedonia - Aleksandra Kapedanovska Nestorovska
16:50-17:10 COFFEE BREAK
17:10-17:25 Changes in the R&D process and consequences on drug pricing – Rubin Zareski
17:25-17:40 Management of national pricing policy of medicines - Kristina Hristov
17:40-17:55 Comparison of Parallel Trade in North Macedonia and Parallel Import in EU – Bojana
Danilovska Brashnarska
17:55-18:10 Monitoring and reporting of off-label use of drugs through pharmacovigilance system –
Jehona Aliju Shakiri, Zorica Naumovska
18:10-18:30 Discussion
 Thursday, October 6th, 2022
HALL CAR SAMOIL (HALL 2)
15:30 – 18:30 Session: CARREER OPPORTUNITIES/STUDENTS’ ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Chair person: Jasmina Tonic Ribarska
15:30-15:50 Alkaloid’s young talents program - Tane Murgoski
15:50-16:00 Regulatory procedures - Semra Bejtovic
16:00-16:10 Development of new generic drug formulation and process - Biljana Temelkovska
16:10-16:20 Discussion

BUSINESS HALL (HOTEL Metropol)

12:30-14:30 Poster sessions/Exhibition
 Thursday, October 6th, 2022
HALL CAR SAMOIL (HALL 2)
15:30 – 18:30 Session: CAREEER OPPORTUNITIES/STUDENTS’ ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Chair persons: Natalija Nakov, Nikola Geskovski
16:20-16:30 Pharmacy students' experience during the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on their health, academic
endeavors and overall perceptions-a study – Metodi Naumoski
16:30-16:40 Evaluation of antioxidant properties of Hypericum perforatum and Calendula officinalis extracts as well as
CBD oil for the treatment of chronic wound - Anastazija Cenova
16:40-16:50 Formulation and characterization of snail slime-chitosan microparticles with herbal extracts intended for
treatment of chronic wounds - Martina Nestorovska
16:50-17:10 COFFEE BREAK
17:10-17:20 Image analysis of surface colour of film-coated tablets – Iskra Velevska
17:20-17:30 Drug abuse and misuse: Core knowledge, attitudes and opinions of pharmacy students and community
pharmacists in Republic of North Macedonia – Meni Stevanovska
17:30-17:40 Correlation of Vitamin D and Zinc concentration with therapy outcome in epilepsy patients from Republic of
North Macedonia – Damjan Georgievski
17:40-17:50 Resource assessment of bilberries on Kozuf Mtn., R.N. Macedonia – Filip Todorov
17:50-18:00 COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among university students in Republic of North Macedonia – Mateja Stojceva
18:00-18:10 Stereomicroscopy as a potent analytical method for detection of glass micro-particles generated during
snap-opening of ampoules – Margarita Taneva
18:10-18:20 Evaluation of patient-centered counselling in Macedonian community pharmacies – Magdalena Radovikj
18:20-18:30 Individual variability of the cannabinoids' content in outdoor cultivated Bubba Kush x OG Kush Cannabis
strain – Andrea Belazelkoska
 Friday, October 7th, 2022
HALL BILJANA (HALL 1)
9:00 – 12:00 Session: PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY/BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCES AND CLINICAL PHARMACY
Chair persons: Ljubica Suturkova, Aleksandar Dimovski
9:00-9:20 Clinical Pharmacist – Psychopharmaca: from Pharmacokinetics to Clinical Outcomes – Ales Mrhar
9:20-9:40 Pharmacological applications of modulators of oxidative stress - Luciano Saso
9:40-10:00 Acylcarnitines in health and disease: biomarkers and drug targets - Maija Dambrova
10:00-10:20 Short synthetic oligonucleotides as therapeutic or diagnostic tools - Marija Taskova
10:20-10:40 COFFEE BREAK
10:40-10:50 COVID-19 vaccination in rituximab-treated patients with rheumatic disorders – Evgenija
Mihajloska
10:50-11:00 Concomitant influence of CYP2D6 phenotype and ABCB1 overall haplotype/genotype on
pharmacokinetics of risperidone and 9-hydroxyrisperidone in healthy volunteers – Aleksandar Dimkovski
11:00-11:10 Targeting the oxidative stress in neurodegenerative disorders with multifunctional
benzimidazole and indole hybrids – Neda Anastassova
11:10-11:20 Antioxidant properties of a novel triazole ligand - Lozan Todorov
11:20-11:30 A new series of chalcones endowed with potent anticancer activity towards A549 cells - Ahmet
Özdemir
11:30-12:00 Discussion
 Friday, October 7th, 2022
HALL BILJANA (HALL 1)

Professional Symposiums (sponsored)

12:30-13:30 PLIVA-TEVA dooel, Skopje

14:00-15:00 KRKA-FARMA dooel, Skopje

15:30-16:30 Novo Nordisk Farma dooel, Skopje

17:00-17:30 Galenika dooel, Skopje

17:40-18:10 LEK SKOPJE dooel

 Friday, October 7th, 2022
HALL CAR SAMOIL (HALL 2)
9:00 – 12:00 Session: PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY/BIOPHARMACY AND
COSMETOLOGY
Chair persons: Katerina Goracinova, Kristina Mladenovska, Maja Simonoska Crcarevska, Rok Dreu
9:00-9:25 Nanotechnology in medicine – our experiences – Katerina Goracinova
9:25-9:50 Accurate and controlled coating of particles and tablets – Rok Dreu
9:50-10:15 Orally Disintegrating Tablets (ODTs): An innovative approach to tablet formulations –
Tansel Comoglu
10:20-10:40 COFFEE BREAK
10:40-10:55 Lipid nano-carriers with herbal extracts for targeted brain delivery and treatment of CNS
disorders – Dushko Shalabalija
10:55-11:10 Insight into the efficacy of lipid nano-systems – uptake and internalization pathways in
different brain culture cell lines – Ljubica Mihailova
11:10-11:25 Improvement of content uniformity in low-dose powder blends: critical formulation and
process variables – Liljana Makraduli
11:25-11:40 Applicability of Expert system for drug development as a tool for co-processed excipients
formulation development – Ivana Vasiljevic
11:40-12:00 Discussion
 Friday, October 7th, 2022
HALL OHRID (HALL 3)
9:00 – 12:00 Session: SOCIAL PHARMACY/PHARMACEUTICAL LAW
Chair persons: Aleksandra Grozdanova, Katerina Ancevska Netkovska
9:00-9:30 The travails of health policy making: from planning to implementation - Husein Reka
9:30-10:00 The role of the pharmacist in patient-centered medicine practices: current perspectives -
Jelena Micik
10:00-10:20 Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on routine immunization of the population in the
Republic of North Macedonia - Zana Mustafa
10:20-10:40 COFFEE BREAK
10:40-11:00 “Skinny labelling" pathway: an instrument for circumventing second medical use patents
by generic companies - Marija Mitkovska
11:00-11:20 Self-reported anxiety levels in a cluster of Albanian University students: a comparative
study - Suela Kellici
11:20-11:40 Intellectual property rights and advertising of cosmetic products in Republic of North
Macedonia - Biljana Nestorovska
11:40-12:00 Discussion
BUSINESS HALL (HOTEL Metropol)
12:30-14:30 Poster sessions/Exhibition
 Saturday, October 8th, 2022
HALL BILJANA (HALL 1)
9:00 – 12:00 Session: COMMUNITY PHARMACY/HOSPITAL PHARMACY
Chair persons: Aleksandra Kapedanovska Nestorovska, Maja Simonoska Crcarevska
9:00-9:20 Polish community pharmacies – new solutions and changes step by step – Mikołaj Konstanty
9:20-9:40 Hospital Pharmacists’ Preparedness in Times of Crisis – Nenad Miljkovic
9:40-10:00 Fighting clinical inertia in the post-COVID patient care – Arijana Mestrovic
10:00-10:20 How to integrate the Pharmacy Game in your Pharmacy Curriculum? - Tanja Fens
10:20-10:40 COFFEE BREAK
10:40-10:50 Building a draft national strategy for implementation of pharmaceutical care in patients
with chronic diseases in Republic of North Macedonia - Donka Pankov
10:50-11:00 Regulatory aspects of introducing new health services in the community pharmacies in RN
Macedonia – Jasminka Patcheva
11:00-11:10 The ethical dilemmas in community pharmacy practice: quantitative study in Macedonia –
Kiril Georgiev
11:10-11:20 Pharmaceutical care in COPD patients: experience and expectations – Biljana Bozhinovska
11:20-12:00 Discussion
 Saturday, October 8th, 2022
HALL BILJANA (HALL 1)

Professional Symposiums (sponsored)

12:30-13:30 EUROFARM dooel, Bitola

14:00-15:00 REPLEK AD, Skopje

15:30-16:30 SEPTIMA dooel, Skopje

 Saturday, October 8th, 2022
HALL CAR SAMOIL (HALL 2)
9:00 – 12:00 Session: PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS/QUALITY ASSURANCE/REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Chair persons: Aneta Dimitrovska, Suzana Trajkovikj Jolevska
9:00-9:20 Cannabis for Medicinal purposes – Quality control criteria and methods – Luis Meirinhos-Soares
9:20-9:40 Contribution of Raman chemical imaging for the analysis of falsified and substandard medical
products – Hervé Rebiere
9:40-9:55 The GEONs API-fingerprint program: tackling falsifications of APIs – Eric Deconinck
9:55-10:10 Static and dynamic quantum mechanical methods for exact interpretation of infrared multiple
photon dissociation spectra: current state and development perspectives – Blagoj Achevski
10:10-10:20 Discussion
10:20-10:40 COFFEE BREAK
10:40-10:55 A regulatory perspective: Examples from microbiological quality control of non-sterile
medicinal products – Sanja Milovanovic
10:55-11:10 Determination of nitrosamines in different pharmaceutical forms – John Upton
11:10-11:25 Possibilities and challenges of “green” chromatographic solutions – Natalija Nakov
11:25-11:40 Scientific approach and implementation of a measurement uncertainty in mass balance
determination - Maja Hadzieva Gigovska
11:40-12:00 Discussion
 Saturday, October 8th, 2022
HALL OHRID (HALL 3)
9:00 – 12:00 Session: CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY/TOXICOLOGY/FOOD AND NUTRITION
Chair persons: Tatjana Kadifkova Panovska, Marija Hiljadnikova Bajro, Tanja Petreska Ivanovska
9:00-9:20 The Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine are important dignostic branches -
Snezana Jovicic
9:20-9:40 Better understanding of dietary fats – a path to better health - Sladjana Sobajic
9:40-9:55 Relevance of dietary and lifestyle patterns in metabolic syndrome management - Tanja
Petreska Ivanovska
9:55-10:10 Toxicity assessment of weight loss supplements and possible interaction risk with lipid-
lowering and antihypertensive drugs in HepG2 cell line - Zoran Zivic
10:20-10:40 COFFEE BREAK
10:40-10:55 The importance of AKR1D1 enzyme in drug metabolism – Kristina Shutevska
10:55-11:10 Influence of the nitrification stage of biological treatment to the levels of nitrogen
compounds in wastewater treatment - Aleksandra Mitevska
11:10-11:25 Alcohol involvement in fatal traffic accidents - Marija Bujaroska
11:25-11:40 Genetic alterations landscape of lung cancer patients and their therapeutic value: an
overview - Milka Ljonceva
11:40-12:00 Discussion
 Saturday, October 8th, 2022

BUSINESS HALL (HOTEL Metropol)

12:30-14:30 Poster sessions/Exhibition

HOTEL GRANIT

18:00-19:00 CLOSING REWARDS

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BEST STUDENT’S ORAL/POSTER PRESENTATION AWARD CEREMONY
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Venue Location
The Congress will be held in Metropol Lake Resort,
Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia
Location: Settlment Konjsko, Ohrid 6000
Phone: +389 46 203 000
www.metropol-ohrid.com.mk

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