NOAH Silver Anniversary Dinner awards for top MAH
students
The top students from the 2010 Marketing Authorisations
Holders’ certificate examinations received their awards last night (14th
April 2011) at The Savoy hotel in London, at a dinner to celebrate the
Silver Anniversary of the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH).
The awards were presented by Professor Steve Dean, Chief
Executive of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, who congratulated the
students on their achievements.
The top student from the May 2010 exam was James Tennant,
a lecturer at North Hertfordshire College, while the month’s runner-up was
Alison Pickering, from Abbot Animal Health. The top student from a second
May sitting of the certificate was Kate Mogg, of Novartis Animal Health, and
the runner-up for that month was Julie Bigford, also of Novartis. July’s top
student was Elizabeth Barrett, of Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, and the
runner-up was Rhona Holland of Pfizer. The top student for September was
Sarah Payne of Protexin Veterinary, and runner-up was Kim Cook of Genitrix
Animal Health.
NOAH awarded prizes for the highest scoring entrants
overall in the 2010 examinations, with a first prize of £100 going to James
Tennant, second prize of £75 to Sarah Payne, and third prize of £50 to
Elizabeth Barrett.
The certificate was previously known as the AMTRA MAH
certificate, but from January 2011 has been rebranded as the NOAH
Certificate of Animal Health (NCAH), with the administration and development
of the qualification now being done by NOAH itself.
This recognises NOAH’s ongoing commitment to ensure
responsible self-regulation for the animal health industry, and the need for
manufacturers representatives to pass the examination, in order to give the
best possible advice to prescribers, suppliers and users of animal
medicines.
NOAH Chief Executive Phil Sketchley, said, “We are
celebrating 25 years of NOAH’s achievements in the animal health industry,
and it is gratifying to see such the high quality of people who are coming
through the industry and maintaining the very best standards of knowledge
and professionalism.”
“These awards show that the animal health industry is
continuing to attract talented people from a variety of professional
backgrounds, who can all benefit from the certificate,” he said.
Ends
15 April 2011
Notes for Editors
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The NCAH qualification is accredited by Harper Adams
University College.
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The National Office of Animal Health represents the
UK animal medicines industry. Its aim is to promote the benefits of
safe, effective, quality medicines for the health and welfare of all
animals.
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For more information contact Alison Glennon, NOAH, 3
Crossfield Chambers, Gladbeck Way, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 7HF. Tel: 020
8367 3131. Email: a.glennon@noah.co.uk. Or Henry Creagh 01394 610022.
Email:
henry.creagh@kendallscom.co.uk
WINNERS
May 2010
James Tennant top student: In 1996 James qualified
as a Veterinary Surgeon in Zimbabwe and then worked in the animal medicines
industry at Coopers for six years finishing as Product Manager. He then
spent two years in the food industry where he was veterinarian, and
eventually Manager, for one of the only purpose-built ostrich abattoirs in
the world, before coming to the UK with his young family in 2004. He then
spent four years managing a foundation degree in Animal Management before
returning to the industry in 2008. He spent two years as Territory Manager
for Forum Animal Health and then a brief time as Veterinary Advisor for a
small biotec company. He is currently a visiting lecturer at North
Hertfordshire College, lecturing on Animal Management in a variety of
subjects ranging from Health and disease to the handling and care of
Animals. The course he is overseeing is a new course for the college based
in Stevenage, aimed at starting people off in the Animal Health Industry. A
larger course at various levels is planned for September. James lives in
North Bedfordshire.
Alison Pickering runner up: Alison has worked for
two years as a territory manager for Abbott Animal Health covering the
Eastern region of the UK. She specialises in anaesthesia, diabetes
monitoring and fluid therapy for small animals. She graduated from the
University of Glasgow in 2002 with a BSc (Hons) Pharmacology and worked in
human pharmaceuticals before moving to animal health. She enjoys spending
time with her family including her two dogs and two cats and socialising
with friends. Alison lives in Bungay in Suffolk. She covers Norfolk,
Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, East London, Kent and East
Sussex.
May 2010
Kate Mogg top student: Kate, who lives at
Redditch, joined Novartis Animal Health in 2009 in the companion animal
business. The therapeutic areas she covers are parasiticides, pain
management, cardiology, and dermatology. She manages clinics in
Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. Prior to
this she worked for VetXX and 3M (on the human side) and is now hoping to
move in to Key Account Management. She said she enjoyed studying for the MAH
exam as it was a chance to learn new things. It has gives her a thorough
background to talk to customers about things other than her products and to
be seen as more than 'just a rep' In her spare time she enjoys travelling
and is planning a trip to South America, the highlight being the Inca trail.
She has a couple of horses which she enjoys pottering around the countryside
with and adds to keeping fit by running and swimming. She then, as she says,
“ruins it all with sociable nights in the pub”
Julie Bigford runner up: Julie started life as a
trainee chartered accountant but then “saw the error of her ways” and moved
into pharmaceutical sales. She was a medical representative on the human
side for many years selling vaccines. After taking voluntary redundancy she
had a wonderful year away from work where she completed her studies in an
area close to her heart, jewellery. She qualified as a diamond grader and a
gemmologist and then entered the world of animal health two years ago when
she joined Novartis. She lives in Malvern and her territory covers various
parts of the Midlands in the companion animal market, including Forest of
Dean, Monmouth, Hereford, Worcester, Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, Dudley,
Wolverhampton, Redditch, Bromsgrove and parts of Birmingham. “I found the
MAH exam very challenging because I don’t have a life sciences background,
just O level in Biology. I really had to work hard for the exam which makes
it even more rewarding to achieve one of the top marks for the year," she
said.
July 2010
Elizabeth Barrett top student: Liz Barrett has
worked for Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica since January 2009 as part of
their equine team. The equine team was established at the end of 2008 and
Liz was one of the first Specialist Representatives to be recruited. For the
first 18 months in that role, Liz covered all equine practices in the south
of the country, but due to the expansion of the team, now she covers equine
practices in the south east. Based in Newmarket, Suffolk for the past five
years, Liz and her husband, David, an equine veterinary surgeon, moved to
Essex in February 2011 and are expecting their first baby in May. “It was a
great opportunity to meet other people from different companies in the
industry, I sat the exam with a great group and really enjoyed their company
and camaraderie.”
Rhona Holland runner up: Following 13 years
working as a biomedical scientist in the NHS Rhona, who lives in Stalmine,
Lancashire, joined Pfizer (formerly Pharmacia) in 1992. She has held various
roles in the organisation across the Speciality (human) businesses of
Oncology and Endocrinology including Area and National Sales Management. She
transferred to the Animal Health business unit in January 2009 and is
currently the Area Business manager for the North of England, Scotland and
Northern Ireland. She is responsible for the Companion Animal sales team
covering this geographical area. Her product areas include vaccines, anti-infectives,
pain management and ecto/endo parasiticides. She firmly believes that to
work effectively in partnership with customers requires her to have a sound
understanding of both the clinical and commercial aspects of veterinary
practice. She is pleased her organisation, Pfizer, places a great deal of
value behind the MAH examination and the competence and credibility of the
people working within its Animal Health business unit.
Sept 2010
Sarah Payne top student: Sarah, who lives in
Kenilworth, Warwickshire, graduated from Leeds University in 2000 with a 2:1
(Hons) degree in Animal Science. She then gained her MSc in Animal Behaviour
and Welfare from Edinburgh University a year later. After graduating she
worked as the Senior Trainer for Canine Partners, an assistance dogs’
charitable organisation. She has worked within veterinary sales for six
years and was working for Intervet Schering-Plough when she completed her
MAH exams. She enjoys her current role with as Veterinary Business Manager
at Protexin Veterinary, having a keen interest in probiotics and working
predominantly with the companion animal range of products. The North West
territory she covers includes the Gloucester/Cheltenham area,
Worcestershire, West Midlands, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire and
Mid/North Wales. She enjoyed the MAH course, saying it was nice to meet
other people from the veterinary industry and is pleased to have earned the
qualification.
Kim Cook runner up: Kim graduated from Lincoln
University with BSc (Hons) in Equine science. In 2008 she joined Genitrix
Animal Health as a Territory Manager for the North. As part of this role she
had responsibility for both small animal and Equine accounts. The Equine
side of the business focused on lameness work with some pioneering products
such as HY-50, IRAP and Osteokine. The small animal side focused on novel
products for niche market areas such as Exotics with some well known names
as Xeno and Lapizole. Some pioneering products on the companion animal side
were developed such as Dentagen and more recently the licensing of Libromide.
In 2010 Genitrix were bought by Dechra Veterinary products and Kim now
covers South Yorks, North Lincs, Derbyshire, Notts, Leics and Staffs. Dechra
Veterinary products offers a diverse product portfolio of pioneering
products in endocrinology, dermatology, and opthalmology, along with a range
of market leading equine products, veterinary licensed generics and fluid
therapy. Kim lives in Batley, West Yorkshire.
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