Event Brief

International Grand Centennial Convention (IGCC) on Ayurveda and Ayurveda Health Expo 2008

Date: 22-24 August 2008
Venue: Coimabatore
Summary: On the occasion of birth centenary of founder Arya Vaidyan P V Rama the founder of the Arya Vaidya Pharmacy, IGCC is organising a three day convention on Arogya Expo-2008.

The theme of the event is to give a fillip to the popularisation of Ayurveda so that it reaches every nook and corner of this globe. Speakers at this 'yagna' will include visionaries who are self appointed crusaders for the cause of regenerating universal health.

The event will include pre conference workshops, an international convention and expo with an expected participation of more than 2500 delegates from all over the world, knowledge transfer by more than 100 renowned scientists from India and abroad and more than 250 exhibitors from fields related to Indian Health Sciences. It will be a unique, enlightening and enriching experience.

During two days of the convention, six panel discussions on key topics will be conducted to address important issues and evolve a guideline document that could be submitted to policy and decision makers.

Three panel discussions will be conducted after the parallel sessions at the end of each day for duration of about two hours. Each panel will have five panellists representing the academy, regulatory boards, administrative services as well as clinical practice.

Organisers: Arya Vaidyan Rama Varier Educational Foundation of Ayurveda (AVREFA), Ayushman Ayurvedic Trust, The Ayurvedic Trust (AVT) and The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy (Coimbatore) Ltd

Contact Details:
Seshadri -+919845671462 and Shabeena -+919880880682
Email: info@ayurvedaconvention.com, expo@avpayurveda.com
Website: www.ayurvedaconvention.com

International Conference on Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods and Dietary Supplements

Date: 28th August 2008
Venue: SciTech Centre Research Centre, 7, Prabhat Nagar, Jogeshwari (W) Mumbai 400102
Summary: The objective of the event is to identify the challenges in the production of nutraceuticals, functional foods and dietary supplements.

To identify bottlenecks and influence policy changes for the nutraceuticals and dietary supplements industry. During the conference speakers will be discussing the latest trends in quality initiatives, consumers attitude and brand awareness concerning nutraceuticals, functional foods and dietary supplements.

This conference will together bring various stakeholders like R&D, institutions, agricultural and medical institutions, naturopathy centres, herbal/nutraceutical medicine manufactures, biotechnology companies, regulators, marketers, industry analysts and researchers among others.

Organisers: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Health Foods and Dietary Supplements Association (HADSA)

Contact details:
Ninad Narwikar
Marketing Manager-FICCI-WRC
Mobile: +91 9819935392
E-mail: ninad@ficci.com

Biosimilars Conference 2008

Date: 10-11 September 2008
Venue: Hotel Concorde Berlin, Germany
Summary: The future of the pharmaceutical industry lies with biotechnology. Biotech drugs account for around 10-15 percent of the current pharmaceutical market, and the sector is outperforming the market as a whole in terms of growth. With increasing regulatory clarity and the expiries of key patents covering innovator biologics, the development of biosimilars for a range of recombinant protein classes is becoming increasingly attractive.

The 2nd Annual Biosimilars Conference will bring experts from the industry and academy sector together to discuss the latest developments in biosimilars regulations, clinical assessment, manufacturing processes and pricing and reimbursement. Through a series of presentations and interactive discussions, participants will gain new insight and share hands-on experiences in the latest trends and practices in the development of biosimilars.

Contact details:
Eman Hauari
Phone: +44 (0) 207 915 9682
Email: emanhauari@vibevents.com
Web site: http://www.biosimilars-events.com/index.html

IndiaChem 2008

Date: October 20-22, 2008
Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai.
Summary: IndiaChem is a biennial event organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) jointly with Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Government of India. IndiaChem is a composite show focusing on chemicals, petrochemicals, pharmaceutical and technologies, process plant machinery, control and automation systems. IndiaChem has the support of over 23 concerned industry associations. The fifth ‘IndiaChem 2008’ International Conference and Exhibition follows the immense success of the earlier two editions of IndiaChem at New Delhi in 2000 and 2002 and at Mumbai in 2004 and 2006.

Organisers: FICCI

Contact details:
Ranjita C Sood
Asst. Director, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Division
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
Federation House, 1 Tansen Marg, New Delhi-110001
Tel: 011-23357350 (Dir),
PBX: 23738760-70 (EXTN: 474)
Fax: 011-23320714/23721504
E-mail: ranjita@ficci.com

Bioprocess International Asia Pacific

Date: 20-22 October 2008
Venue: Mumbai
Summary: The 3rd BioProcess International Asia Pacific conference is being held for the first time in India. This event will bring together attendees from India, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Korea, other Asian countries, as well as from US and Europe, to discuss the bioprocess landscape in India, the IP challenges, technology transfer and scale up issues as well as production efficiencies and optimisation in biologics manufacturing.

It will also have a special focus on biosimilars and its global impact from regulatory to pricing. India's growth in the bioprocess development field has been phenomenal over the past years, and it is now one, if not, largest potential market for biologics manufacturing in Asia.

This event will be held concurrently with the drug discovery and development of innovative therapeutics (DDT) India event, offering attendees the opportunity to navigate the landscape of India from discovery to preclinical, early development to clinical trials, scale up to pilot production, and from upstream to downstream process development. The two concurrent events will be enhanced with a combined exhibit hall offering more company exhibits more networking opportunities.

Organisers: IBC Life Sciences

Contact details:
Customer Service
IBC USA Conferences,
PO Box 414525
Boston, MA 02241-4525, USA
Phone: (+1) 800-390-4078
Fax: (+1) 941-365-0104
Email: custserv@ibcusa.com
Web site: www.ibclifesciences.com

First International Conference on Pharmacovigilance and Clinical Data Management

Date: 2-5 November 2008
Venue: Full day workshop on 2 November at Cognizant Hiranandani Business Park, Powai, Mumbai followed by a three day conference from 3 -5 November, at The Residence Hotel, Powai Mumbai
Summary: The conference aims to be a forum where healthcare professionals involved in different areas of clinical research and Pharmacovigilance, from monitoring and assessment of drug adverse events occurring during development or after marketing, can share their insights and learn from international experts who will speak on best practices in Pharmacovigilance and Clinical Data Management (CDM). Topics to be covered include Good Case Management, Role of Regulations, Pharmacovigilance Education and Training, Data Mining and Signal Detection, Risk Management, ways and concepts of Pharmacovigilance and CDM. Workshops on Periodic Safety Update Report Writing, Causality Analysis and Narrative Writing are part of the event.

Organisers: Symogen in association with Cognizant

Contact details:
Neeraj Kumar Jha
Mob: + (91)-9871886044
Email: neerajjha@symogen.net
A.Syamala
Mob: + (91)-9312693593
Email: syamala@symogen.net
Ekta Sahani
Mob: + (91)-9884278068
Email: ekta.sahani@cognizant.com

P-Mec India

Date: 27-30 November 2008
Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre-NSE Exhibition Complex, Mumbai
Summary: P-Mec India will focus on the key challenges in pharma services and production to develop more efficient production routes and systems for increasingly complex healthcare products. Showcasing equipment and machinery for chemical analysis, testing, instrumentation, filtration, automation and packaging, P-Mec will be 2008's centre stage for India's pharma industry and the main event for global pharmaceutical entrepreneurs looking for business opportunities. Profile for exhibit include packaging equipment and supplies, processing equipment, batching systems/equipment, tableting/capsule fillers, validation, plant/facility equipment, process automation and controls, machinery, instruments, filtration/separation etc.

Organisers: CMP India

Contact details:
CMP India
Sagar Tech Plaza A, 6th Floor, 615-617,
Andheri Kurla Road, Saki Naka Junction,
Andheri East, Mumbai,
India.
Tel: +(91)-(22)-66122600
Fax: +(91)-(22)-66122626/66122627

60th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) 2008

Date: 12-14 December, 2008
Venue: Netaji Subash Institute of Technology, New Delhi
Summary: The 60th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) is being organised by Indian Pharmacy Graduates' Association. IPGA is a federating body of Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association along with other four bodies, namely, IPA (Indian Pharmaceutical Association), APTI (Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India), AIDCOC (All India Drugs Control Officers Confederation) and IHPA (Indian Hospital Pharmacists Association). The aim of the Congress is to discuss latest development in the field of pharmaceutical sciences, development of new molecules of drugs, R&D and new drug delivery systems. The Congress will be attended by more than 7,500 delegates from the field of pharma, marketing, R&D, quality control, quality assurance, academics, regulatory departments, hospital and pharma community etc from India and abroad. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) will be the official organising partner along with Express Pharma as the official media partner.

Organisers: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

Contact details:
Atul Nasa
Organising Secretary, IPC
E-mail: atulnasa@indiatimes.com, atulnasa@rediffmail.com

Advances in Cardiometabolic Research - Basic Science and Clinical Aspects

Date: 2-5 February 2009
Venue: Zydus Research Center, Ahmedabad, India
Summary: This meeting aims to bring together the scientific community from across the world; both from academia and industry, to deliberate upon unmet medical needs, new research initiatives, etc, to combat global epidemics. Over the past several years, Ramanbhai Patel Foundation (RBF) symposium has been recognised as the premier event in this part of the world, and has drawn significant participation by the research community worldwide.

Organisers: Zydus Research Centre (ZRC); Université de Lausanne and Indiana University Bloomington, The College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Details:
Sanjeev Kumar,
Promotions, (RBF), Symposium and
Vice President and Head, Biotechnology
Zydus Research Center
Ahmedabad,
India