Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, March 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Al Ain Traffic and Patrols Section at the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police announced that it has confiscated 446 cars and 17 motorbikes for various traffic law violations in February. The Al Ain Traffic and Patrols Section also said they had released 671 impounded vehicles and four motorbikes during the same period.

Major Salah Abdullah Al Hemairi, Chief of the Al Ain Traffic Section at the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police explained that the violations include dangerous overtaking of other vehicles by truck drivers (resulting in 24 black points), reckless driving in a way that poses a danger to others or racing on the roads (resulting in 12 black points), or the serious offense of fleeing the scene after causing an accident that results in causalities, as well as other violations.

Furthermore, he noted that another reason for confiscating cars is ... Read more »

Cette experte du secteur a été auparavant responsable scientifique et du développement de la gestion des risques à l'Agence européenne des médicaments (EMA)

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, Caroline du Nord - Samedi 29 Mars 2014 [ME NewsWire]

 (BUSINESS WIRE) Quintiles a annoncé aujourd'hui que Stella Blackburn, M.B. B.S., a été nommée vice-présidente et directrice mondiale de la gestion des risques pour son groupe de recherche de phase avancée et de monde réel. À ce poste, la docteure Blackburn sera responsable de la direction des efforts de gestion des risques du groupe en Amérique du Nord, en Europe et en Asie-Pacifique. La docteure Blackburn développera également les services de gestion des risques multidisciplinaires, révisera et assistera les clients avec l'interprétation de la législation en matière de pharm ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, March 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The General Directorate of Central Operations at Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters has identified continuous improvement opportunities for its various sections and branches, during a workshop recently organized by the "Excellence Laboratory". It has also discussed the "Radar 999" assessment model,   which focused on following-up the model criteria enablers and related results.

29 officers and non-commissioned officers participated in the three-day workshop, as per the directorate's plan to evaluate the quarterly performance to achieve goals and enhance competition among employees in operations development.

Lt. Colonel Ali Muftah Al Iryani, Chief of Central Operations Section at the Operations Department, explained that the workshop examined creativity and innovation as the basic standard to motivate participants to submit creative ideas, such as the s ... Read more »

Industry Expert Previously Served as Risk Management Development and Scientific Lead at the European Medicines Agency (EMA)

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Friday, March 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Quintiles today announced that Stella Blackburn, M.B. B.S., has been appointed as the vice president and global head of Risk Management for its Real-World & Late Phase Research group. In this role, Dr. Blackburn will be responsible for leading the group’s risk management efforts in North America, EU and Asia-Pacific. Dr. Blackburn also will develop multidisciplinary benefit risk management services, review and assist customers with interpretation of pharmacovigilance legislation, and ensure compliance with regulations and best practices in the conduct of pharmacovigilance and risk management activities for the company’s real-world and late phase research efforts.

With more than two decades of experience in the pharmacovigilance and pharma ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, March 28th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Abu Dhabi Police has carried out a training program on "Combating Auto Theft Crimes" in cooperation with German Saxon State Police. The training course was attended by police officers from the Criminal Investigation Department in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Fujairah.

Colonel Thani Butti Al Shamesi, Head of the Training Department at Abu Dhabi Police’s Human Resource Directorate General, noted that the Training Department seeks to continuously benefit from different police training programs from around the world, with a view to apply the finest international standards and to keep up with the latest developments in police training activities. He also explained that training police staff members and raising their competencies is one of Abu Dhabi Police’s top priorities aimed at enhancing its sta ... Read more »