JADA Hosts the 2013 International Anti-Doping Seminar in Asia:“Therapeutic Use Exemptions and Anti-Doping Programs”

The 2013 International Anti-Doping Seminar in Asia, which included the participation of27 countries, successfully closed on the 26th of January 2013. The two-day seminar wasorganised by the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA) in partnership with the World
Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT) of the Japanese Government.

The theme this year was “Therapeutic Use Exemptions and Anti-Doping Programs”. The
objective was to increase the understanding of the TUE process and improve the abilitiesof physicians and managers of RADOs and NADOs to effectively operate and manage theTUE process.

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The RADOs and NADOs’ TUE/medical specialists and administrative officials were invited
and around 80 officials participated in the 1st day session. Dr. Alan Vernec, WADA MedicalDirecotr, Mr. Joseph de Pencier, CEO of Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations(iNADO), and Ms Natanya Potoi-Ulia, Executive Officer of Oceania Regional Anti-Doping
Organisation (ORADO), were the guest speakers. It became an excellent networking
opportunity and the participants shared their knowledge and expertise on TUE.

The second day seminar was open to JADA’s stakeholders for the first time and 150
people participated in the seminar.

Professor Hidenori Suzuki stated: “I was delighted to see a large number of participants
actively engaged in discussions, especially during the first-day breakout session. We
hope that we continue our collaboration and strengthen our activities.”

Dr. Alan Vernec, WADA Medical Director, explained thedevelopment of TUE program and some challenges it has faced.
Dr. Alan said, “I was very pleased with the opportunity to discuss
TUE issues with our Japanese and Asian colleagues. We hadparticularly lively sessions with challenging TUE cases in thesmall group sessions.”

There was also a very timely introductory session on the Athlete
Biological Passport to familiarize the participants with thisincreasingly important aspect of Anti-Doping Programs.

Ms Potoi-Ulia highlighted the activities undertaken at the Regional Anti-Doping
Organisation in Oceania. She explained how they try to maximise the resources available
and how ORADO intends to be creative to implement the anti-doping program, including
TUE.

Along with Dr. Vernec, Dr. Takao Akama, JADA Vice President and TUE Committee Chair,
led the breakout session on TUE cases in the first day. In the second day, he gave anoutline on TUE process in Japan and illustrated the changes of TUE applications since
2004.

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Following the two-day seminar, Mr. Pencier stressed that: “JADA’s initiative andleadership, with the support of the Japanese Government Ministry in charge of Sport, has
become fundamental in developing the capacity of RADOs and NADOs in Asia. This TUESeminar was a terrific opportunity to communicate ideas on the revisions of the Code andISTUE.”“Such exchanges of views and experiences
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The International Anti-Doping Seminar in Asia is annually held with the support of MEXT
and it is aimed to increase the development of anti-doping activity in Asian region.

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